Quotes About Perfume

a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.

This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”

By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.

While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesusí head.

Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?

(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)

Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesusí feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

“Why wasnít this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”

“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.