John 12:7

Then said Jesus, Let her alone, that she may keep it until the day of my burial.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6And this he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and kept the purse, and bore what was put therein.

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

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Cross References

Psalms 109:31For he standeth at the right hand of the poor, To save him from those who would condemn him.

Matthew 26:10And Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, Why do ye trouble the woman? For she hath done a good deed to me.

Matthew 27:57And at evening there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who was himself also a disciple of Jesus.

Mark 15:42And evening having now 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 concealing it for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave. They came therefore and took him away.

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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