John 12:7

Then said Jesus: Let her alone; she has kept it[12:7] to the day of my preparation for burial.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6This he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bore[12:6] what was put therein.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 26:10And Jesus knowing it, said to them: Why trouble ye the woman? For she wrought a good work upon me.

Matthew 27:57And evening having come, there came a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus.

Mark 15:42And evening having now come, since it was the preparation (which is the day before the sabbath[15:42]),

John 19:38And after this, Joseph from Arimathaea, being 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 leave. 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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