expensive medication wasted

[theterminator]

is there a verse in the nt which says that mary used her hair to rub expensive oil in the christian gods feet?

[spin]

Jn 12:3

[theterminator]

thank you spin

[Peter Kirby]

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=?John+12:3

Spikenard

Apparently they put that **** on everything. It was used as a perfume, a spice, and a medicine. But, yes, an expensive oil in any case.

Assuming the translation and the wiki are correct (obviously, not to be assumed is it...).

[spin]

Woman, your fine ointment,
Brand new and expensive,
Could have been saved for the poor.
Why has it been wasted?
We could have raised maybe
300 silver pieces or more