John 12:7

Jesus said, “Allow her to keep what she has for the day of my burial.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

6Now he said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. He had the moneybag and would steal from what was put in it.

8You will always have the poor with you. But you will not always have me.”

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Cross References

Psalms 109:31For he will stand at the right hand of the one who is needy, 1 to save him from those who judge him.

Matthew 26:10But Jesus, knowing this, said to them, “Why are you troubling this woman? For she has done a beautiful thing for me.

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

Mark 15:42When evening had come, because it was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

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