Matthew 26:12
"In pouring this perfume on my body, she was preparing me for my burial.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
In Context
11"for the poor you have with you always, but me you will not always have.
Cross References
Mark 16:1When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and Salome brought spices in order to go and anoint him.
John 12:7used to purloin what was put in it. Then said Jesus. "Let her alone. Against the day of my burial has she kept this;
Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:7-14
Christ Anointed at Bethany. 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. 11 For ye have… Read the whole commentary →