John 12:7

But Jesus said, “Let her alone; she has kept this for the day of My burial.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 money box; and he used to pilfer the things which were placed in it.

8For the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always.” 1 The Plot to Kill Lazarus

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Cross References

Matthew 26:10But when Jesus became aware of it, He said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful work for Me.

Matthew 27:57Now when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

Mark 15:42And now evening having come, since it was Preparation Day, which is the day before the Sabbath,

John 19:38After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him permission. So he came 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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