John 12:7

Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to have kept this for the day of my preparation for burial;

Darby Translation

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 that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into [it].

8for ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.

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Cross References

Psalms 109:31For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.

Matthew 26:10But Jesus knowing [it] said to them, Why do ye trouble the woman? for she has wrought a good work toward me.

Matthew 27:57Now when even was come there came a rich man of Arimathaea, his name Joseph, who also himself was a disciple to Jesus.

Mark 15:42And when it was already evening, since it was [the] preparation, that is, [the day] before a sabbath,

John 19:38And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly through fear of the Jews, demanded of Pilate that he might take the body of Jesus: and Pilate allowed it. He came therefore 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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