John 12:7

Then said Jesus, Let her alone: for the day of my burial hath she reserved this.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and kept the purse, and carried the money put therein.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 26:10Then Jesus knowing it, said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath performed a good act upon me:

Matthew 27:57But when the evening was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, whose name was Joseph, who himself also was a disciple of Jesus:

Mark 15:42And when the evening was now come (since it was the preparation, that is the day preceding the sabbath),

John 19:38And after these things Joseph of Arimathea, (being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews,) besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus and Pilate permitted him. Then he came and took away 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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