Matthew 26:12
for she having put this ointment on My body—for My burial she did [it].
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
In Context
11for you always have the poor with you, and you do not always have Me;
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:14and they bury him in [one of] his graves that he had prepared for himself in the City of David, and they cause him to lie on a bed that [one] has filled [with] spices, and various kinds of mixtures, with perfumed work; and they burn a very great burning for him.
Mark 16:1And the Sabbath having past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome, bought spices, that having come, they may anoint Him,
John 12:7Jesus, therefore, said, “Permit her; she has kept it for the day of My embalming,
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 →