16 Bible Verses about Ointment

And returning, they made preparation of aromatics and unguents; and they rested the sabbath-day, according to the commandment.

there came to him a woman having an alabaster-box of very precious aromatic ointment, and poured it upon his head as he sat at table.

And when he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at table, a woman came, having an alabaster vase of ointment, of genuine spikenard, of vast value: and breaking the vase, she let it flow down upon his head.

And, behold, a certain woman in the city, who was a notorious offender, when she knew that Jesus was sitting at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster vessel of odoriferous balm,

But when thou keepest a fast, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

My head with oil thou hast not anointed; but she hath anointed my feet with odoriferous balm.

for in pouring this odoriferous ointment on my body, she hath done it for my burial.

What was in her power she hath done; she has seized the opportunity to anoint my body beforehand for burial.

Then said Jesus, Let her alone: for the day of my burial hath she reserved this.

AND when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, purchased aromatics, that they might come, and anoint him.

NOW on the first day of the week, at the earliest dawn of day, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the aromatics which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

And Nicodemus, who had come to Jesus by night formerly, came also, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred weight. Then they took the body, and bound it with swathes together with the aromatics, as the custom is with the Jews to bury.

But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, For what end is this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for a considerable sum, and given to the poor.

And there were some who felt indignation within themselves, saying, Wherefore is this waste of the ointment made? For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor. And they bitterly murmured against her.

Wherefore was not this aromatic ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?

and coming up to him, bound up his wounds, after pouring on them oil and wine; then setting him on his own beast, he led him to an inn, and took particular care of him.