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sn Spices were used not to preserve the body, but as an act of love, and to mask the growing stench of a corpse.
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sn Double brackets have been placed around this passage to indicate that most likely it was not part of the original text of the Gospel of Mark. In spite of this, the passage has an important role in the history of the transmission of the text, so it has been included in the translation.
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