Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven-as her great love has shown. You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, 'Do you see this woman? I came into your house. Now which of them will love him more?' Simon replied, 'I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.' 'You have judged correctly,' Jesus said. Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 'Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, 'If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is-that she is a sinner.' Jesus answered him, 'Simon, I have something to tell you.' 'Tell me, teacher,' he said. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table. Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.' Luke 7:36–50 She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. 'Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, 'Why this waste of perfume? It could have been sold for more than a year's wages and the money given to the poor.' And they rebuked her harshly. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.' Mark 14:3–9

When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me. 'This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.' Aware of this, Jesus said to them, 'Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.

The event (or events – see discussion below) is reported in Matthew 26, Mark 14, Luke 7, and John 12. Considerable debate has discussed the identity of the woman, the location, timing, and the message. The honorific anointing with perfume is an action frequently mentioned in other literature from the time however, using long hair to dry Jesus's feet, as in John and Luke, is not recorded elsewhere, and should be regarded as an exceptional gesture. The event in Luke features an unnamed sinful woman, and is in the northern region, as Luke 7 indicates Jesus was ministering in the northern regions of Nain and Capernaum. In John, the woman is identified as Mary of Bethany, the sister of Martha and Lazarus of Bethany. In Matthew and Mark, he is anointed by an unnamed woman. The account in Matthew 26, Mark 14, and John 12 takes place on the Holy Wednesday of Holy Week at the house of Simon the Leper in Bethany, a village in Judaea on the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives. The anointings of Jesus’s head or feet are events recorded in the four gospels.

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