John 12:7

Then Jesus said, Let her alone; she hath reserved this unto the day of my burial;

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6And He spoke this, not because there was a care to him for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the purse, and was carrying those things cast in.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 26:10And Jesus knowing, said to them, Why do you give the woman trouble? because she hath wrought a beautiful work in me.

Matthew 27:57And it being evening, a rich man came from Arimathea, whose name was Joseph, who himself also was a disciple to Jesus.

Mark 15:42And it already being evening, since it was the Preparation, which is the day before the Sabbath,

John 19:38After these things, Joseph from Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but having been hidden on account of the fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted. Then he came 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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