Mark 14:3

And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

Cross-references

Mark 16:1 shows women coming to anoint Jesus' body — the burial anointing Jesus said this act anticipated.

Matthew 26:6 gives the same setting: Bethany in the house of Simon the leper.

Matthew 26:7 describes the same anointing with expensive ointment poured on Jesus' head.

John 11:2 identifies the anonymous woman as Mary of Bethany, linking the anointing to her family.

John 12:1-3 provides a fuller account of the anointing, naming Mary, Lazarus, and Martha.

John 12:2 describes the same dinner in Bethany with Martha serving — context for Mary's anointing.

John 12:3 records Mary's anointing of Jesus' feet with nard — the parallel account of this event.