KJV ORIGINAL
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
So Mary took this incredibly expensive perfume — like, the really good stuff — and poured it all over Jesus' feet. Then she used her own hair to wipe them clean. The whole house smelled amazing from that perfume.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Mary gave Jesus her most precious thing and didn't hold back — that's what real love looks like.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The Gospel of John is traditionally attributed to John, son of Zebedee, written for a Christian audience around the late first century CE. Its purpose was to
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