John 12:7
Good News Translation
But Jesus said, "Leave her alone! Let her keep what she has for the day of my burial.

New Revised Standard Version
Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus replied, "Leave her alone! She has kept this perfume for the day of my burial.

New American Bible
So Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Let her keep this for the day of my burial.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial.

Let.

Psalm 109:31 Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors.

Zechariah 3:2 And the Lord said to Satan: The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan: and the Lord that chose Jerusalem rebuke thee: Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

Matthew 26:10 And Jesus knowing it, said to them: Why do you trouble this woman? For she hath wrought a good work upon me.

Mark 14:6 But Jesus said: Let her alone. Why do You molest her? She hath wrought a good work upon me.

against.

John 19:38-42 And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (because he was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews), besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave leave. He came therefore and took away the body of Jesus. . . .

Matthew 26:12 For she in pouring this ointment on my body hath done it for my burial.

Matthew 27:57-60 And when it was evening, there came a certain rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus. . . .

Mark 15:42-47 And when evening was now come (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the sabbath), . . .

Luke 23:50 And behold there was a man named Joseph who was a counsellor, a good and a just man,

Context
Mary Anoints Jesus
6Now he said this not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief and, having the purse, carried the things that were put therein. 7Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial. 8For the poor you have always with you: but me you have not always.…
Cross References
Matthew 26:12
For she in pouring this ointment on my body hath done it for my burial.

John 19:40
They took therefore the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

John 12:6
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