Matthew 26:12
For in putting this perfume on my body, she did it to make me ready for my last resting-place.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
In Context
11For the poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:14And they put him into the resting-place which he had made for himself in the town of David, in a bed full of sweet perfumes of all sorts of spices, made by the perfumer's art, and they made a great burning for him.
Mark 16:1And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James, and Salome, got spices, so that they might come and put them on him.
John 12:7Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:7-14
Christ Anointed at Bethany. 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. 11 For ye have… Read the whole commentary →