John 12:7

Then Jesus said: Let her alone; she has kept this for the day of my burial.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

In Context

6But he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the purse, and took what was put in it.

8For the poor you have always with you; but me you have not always.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:10Jesus perceived it, and said to them: Why do you trouble the woman? For she has performed a good work upon me.

Matthew 27:57When the evening had come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph; and he also was a disciple of Jesus.

Mark 15:42And when the evening had come, because it was the preparation, which is the eve of the sabbath,

John 19:38And after this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave him permission. He then came and took away the body of Jesus.

Matthew Henry on John 12:2-12

Mary Anoints Christ's Feet; Hypocrisy of Judas; Indignation of the Chief Priests. 1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 4 Then… Read the whole commentary →

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