Mat 26:7-9, Joh 12:3 | ESV | STEP | a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment , and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table.

Matthew 26:7-9

7 a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. 8 And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? 9 For this could have been sold for a large sum and ^agiven to the poor.”

John 12:3

3 ^bMary therefore took a pound ^{▼▼Greek litra; a litra (or Roman pound) was equal to about 11 1/2 ounces or 327 grams} of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.