MARK—NOTE ON Mark 14:3 Bethany. See note on Matt. 21:17. The sale of such costly oil would have yielded more than 300 days’ wages of a laborer. This story is also reported in Matthew 26:6 and John 12:1, where the woman is identified as Mary, sister of Martha and Lazarus. The story in Luke 7:36 is a different event, occurring at a different time in Jesus’ ministry, with a different woman, different actions, different critics, and a different response from Jesus.

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