John 12:7

Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6(He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)

8The poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

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Cross References

Psalms 109:31For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.

Matthew 26:10But Jesus, seeing it, said to them, Why are you troubling the woman? she has done a kind act to me.

Matthew 27:57And in the evening, there came a man of wealth from Arimathaea, Joseph by name, who was a disciple of Jesus:

Mark 15:42And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

John 19:38After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, made a request to Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate said he might do so. So he went and took away his body.

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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