John 12:7

Then Jesus said, Let her alone: she has kept it for the day of my burial.

Revised King James 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

6He said this, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the money box, and stole what was put in it.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 26:10But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, Why do you trouble the woman? for she has done a good work for me.

Matthew 27:57When evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who had himself also become a disciple of Jesus.

Mark 15:42And when the evening had come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the sabbath,

John 19:38After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him permission. Therefore he came and took 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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