Places
Bethany in Mark 14
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This place shows up in Mark 14:3: “While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Mark 14:3
“While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.”
What kids can learn
When you hear bethany in Mark, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Mark 14:3 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Mark 14:3
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
WhilehewasatinthehouseofSimontheleper,ashesatattheawomancameanalabasterjarofointmentofpurenard—verycostly.Shebrokethejar,andpoureditoverhishead.