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Mark 14:2

1 Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.

“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”

3 While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.

4 Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
KJV
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
WEB
For they said, “Not during the feast, because there might be a riot among the people.”
ASV
for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people.
DARBY
For they said, Not in the feast, lest perhaps there be a tumult of the people.
BLB
For they were saying, “Not during the feast, lest there will be an uproar of the people.”
ÅB
for de sa: Ikke på høytiden, for at det ikke skal bli oppstyr blant folket.
OTB
"Ikke under høytiden," sa de, "ellers kan folket gjøre opprør."
B1930
for de sa: Ikke på høitiden, forat det ikke skal bli opstyr blandt folket.

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