And he called ten of his servants and gave each of them a pound, instructing them to trade with the money during his absence.

"So the first came and said, "'Sir, your pound has produced ten pounds more.'

"The second came, and said, "'Your pound, Sir, has produced five pounds.'

"The next came. "'Sir,' he said, 'here is your pound, which I have kept wrapt up in a cloth.

"And he said to those who stood by, "'Take the pound from him and give it to him who has the ten pounds.'

Availing herself of the opportunity, Mary took a pound weight of pure spikenard, very costly, and poured it over His feet, and wiped His feet with her hair, so that the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.