1. Six days before Passover Jesus went back to Bethany, where he had raised Lazarus from death.
2. A meal had been prepared for Jesus. Martha was doing the serving, and Lazarus himself was there.
3. Mary took a very expensive bottle of perfume and poured it on Jesus' feet. She wiped them with her hair, and the sweet smell of the perfume filled the house.
17-18. A crowd had come to meet Jesus because they had seen him call Lazarus out of the tomb. They kept talking about him and this miracle.