Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,

These things happened in Bethany ¹  across the Jordan River ²  where John was baptizing.

(Now Bethany was less than two miles ¹  from Jerusalem, ² 

Now ¹  when he approached Bethphage ²  and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, ³  he sent two of the disciples,

Now ¹  while Jesus ²  was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, ³  a woman came with an alabaster jar ⁴  of costly aromatic oil ⁵  from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head.