John 12:7

So Jesus said, “Leave her alone; she has kept this ointment for the day of my burial.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6(He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he was the keeper of the moneybag and would pilfer what was put into it.)

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

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Cross References

Matthew 26:10Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you causing trouble for this woman? She has done a good deed to me.

Matthew 27:57When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who was himself also a disciple of Jesus.

Mark 15:42When evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

John 19:38After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate if he could take away Jesus' body. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took away the 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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