In Mark 14:3-6 we read of the woman who broke an alabaster box at the feet of Jesus. In those times it was a tradition that when a girl was ready to get married, her family bought an alabaster box, filled with very expensive good smelling ointments and fragrances. The size of the box and …

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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. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on His head. Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of …

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