John 12:7

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

1770 John Worsley NT

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 that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the common purse he carried what was put into it.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 26:10But Jesus, knowing what passed, said to them, Why do ye give the woman uneasiness? for she has done a good office to me:

Matthew 27:57And in the evening, there came a rich man of Arimathea, whose name was Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus, and went to Pilate,

Mark 15:42And the evening being now come, (because it was the preparation,

John 19:38And after these things Joseph of Arimathea (who was a disciple of Jesus, but a concealed one for fear of the Jews) petitioned Pilate, that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave: he came therefore 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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