Matthew 26:12
In putting this perfume on my body she did it with a view to my burial.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
In Context
11You will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.
Cross References
Mark 16:1Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, in order to go and anoint Jesus.
John 12:7So Jesus said: “Let her be; she has performed this with a view to my burial.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:7-14
Christ Anointed at Bethany. 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. 11 For ye have… Read the whole commentary →