Anointing at Bethany
A woman (identified as Mary of Bethany in John) anoints Jesus with expensive perfume. Some protest the waste, but Jesus says she has prepared his body for burial.
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Matthew and Mark place this at the home of Simon the leper; John places it at the home of Lazarus, Martha, and Mary. John alone names Judas as the objector.
The woman pours ointment on Jesus's head; "the disciples" (unnamed) object to the waste.
Also anoints the head; "some" object indignantly. Mark preserves the most costly valuation: 300 denarii.
Mary of Bethany anoints Jesus's feet and wipes them with her hair. Judas objects, and John adds that Judas was a thief who pilfered from the money bag.
From the triumphal entry into Jerusalem through the crucifixion and burial of Jesus.
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