John 12:7

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

King James Version with Apocrypha

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 that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

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

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Cross References

Psalms 109:31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

Matthew 26:10When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

Matthew 27:57When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple:

Mark 15:42And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

John 19:38And after this Joseph of 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 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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