John 12:7

So Jesus said: “Let her be; she has performed this with a view to my burial.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

6(Now he did not say this because the poor mattered to him, but because he was a thief and had the money box; and used to pilfer what was put in it.)

8For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”

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Cross References

Matthew 26:10But being aware Jesus said to them: “Why are you bothering the woman? She has done something beautiful to me.

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

Mark 15:42Now when evening had come, because it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

John 19:38After these things Joseph, the one from Arimathea (being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews), requested Pilate that he might remove the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave permission. So he came and removed Jesus' body.

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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