Matthew 26:12
In pouring this ointment over me, her object was to prepare me for burial.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
In Context
11The poor you always have with you, but me you have not always.
Cross References
Mark 16:1When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, in order to come and anoint His body.
John 12:7But Jesus interposed. "Do not blame her," He said, "allow her to have kept it for the time of my preparation for burial.
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 →