Lazarus Dies at Bethany

11 Now a man was ill – Lazarus from Bethany,^(A) the village of Mary and her sister Martha.^(B)

¹⁹ Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.

²⁰ As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, but Mary remained seated in the house.

² So^(A) they gave a dinner for him there; Martha^(B) was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with him. ³ Then Mary took about half a litre of perfume, pure and expensive nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped his feet with her hair.^(C) So the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.