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There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. Mary took a litron[a] of very expensive perfume made of pure nard and anointed Jesus’ feet. She wiped his feet with her hair, and the house became filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, who was going to betray him, asked,

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  1. John 12:3 I.e. about twelve ounces; the Gk. litron weighed about 12 ounces