3 Meanwhile Jesus was in Bethany, eating a meal at Simon the leper’s home. A woman came in with an alabaster jar of very expensive pure nard perfume.14:3. Nard: an essential oil derived from the roots of the spikenard plant native to China and India. She broke the jar open and poured the perfume on Jesus' head.
6 But Jesus replied, "Leave her alone! Why are you criticizing her for doing something beautiful to me? 8 She did what she could: she anointed my body in anticipation of my burial. 9 I tell you the truth: wherever the good news is spread in the world, people will remember what she did."