Mary

She had a sister called Miryam who also sat at the Lord’s feet and heard what he had to say.

But there is only one thing that is essential. Miryam has chosen the right thing, and it won’t be taken away from her.”

There was a man who had fallen sick. His name was El‘azar, and he came from Beit-Anyah, the village where Miryam and her sister Marta lived.

(This Miryam, whose brother El‘azar had become sick, is the one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.)

and many of the Judeans had come to Marta and Miryam in order to comfort them at the loss of their brother.

So when Marta heard that Yeshua was coming, she went out to meet him; but Miryam continued sitting shiv‘ah in the house.

After saying this, she went off and secretly called Miryam, her sister: “The Rabbi is here and is calling for you.”

so when the Judeans who had been with Miryam in the house comforting her saw her get up quickly and go out, they followed her, thinking she was going to the tomb to mourn there.

When Miryam came to where Yeshua was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

At this, many of the Judeans who had come to visit Miryam, and had seen what Yeshua had done, trusted in him.

Miryam took a whole pint of pure oil of spikenard, which is very expensive, poured it on Yeshua’s feet and wiped his feet with her hair, so that the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.