John 12:7
used to purloin what was put in it. Then said Jesus. "Let her alone. Against the day of my burial has she kept this;
Montgomery 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
6This he said not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, carrying the purse,
8for the poor you have with you always, but me you have not always."
Cross References
Matthew 26:10But when Jesus understood it he said to them. "Why are you annoying the woman? This is a beautiful deed she has done for me;
Matthew 27:57When it was eventide, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Josephus, who was himself a disciple of Jesus.
Mark 15:42Toward sunset, as it was the preparation (that is the day preceding the Sabbath),
John 19:38After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but in secret because of fear of the Jews, asked Pilate for permission to take the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him leave. So he came and took 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 →