John 12:7

Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the purse, carried the things that were put therein.

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

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Cross References

Psalms 109:31Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors

Matthew 26:10And Jesus knowing it, said to them: Why do you trouble this woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

Matthew 27:57And when it was evening, there came a certain rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus.

Mark 15:42And when evening was now come, (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the sabbath,)

John 19:38And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (because he 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 leave. He came therefore, and took 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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