John 12:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.

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  • Ps 109:31 : 31 For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.
  • Zech 3:2 : 2 And the Lord said to the Satan, May the Lord's word be sharp against you, O Satan, the word of the Lord who has taken Jerusalem for himself: is this not a burning branch pulled out of the fire?
  • Matt 26:10 : 10 But Jesus, seeing it, said to them, Why are you troubling the woman? she has done a kind act to me.
  • Matt 26:12 : 12 For in putting this perfume on my body, she did it to make me ready for my last resting-place.
  • Matt 27:57-60 : 57 And in the evening, there came a man of wealth from Arimathaea, Joseph by name, who was a disciple of Jesus: 58 This man went in to Pilate, and made a request for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate gave orders for it to be given to him. 59 And Joseph took the body, folding it in clean linen, 60 And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.
  • Mark 14:6 : 6 But Jesus said, Let her be; why are you troubling her? she has done a kind act to me.
  • Mark 15:42-47 : 42 And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath, 43 There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long. 45 And when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body. 46 And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door. 47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was put.
  • Luke 23:50 : 50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man
  • John 19:38-42 : 38 After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, made a request to Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate said he might do so. So he went and took away his body. 39 And Nicodemus came (he who had first come to Jesus by night) with a roll of myrrh and aloes mixed, about a hundred pounds. 40 Then they took the body of Jesus, folding linen about it with the spices, as is the way of the Jews when they put the dead to rest. 41 Now there was a garden near the cross, and in the garden a new place for the dead in which no man had ever been put. 42 So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place was near.

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  • Mark 14:2-9
    8 verses
    86%

    2 But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear there may be trouble among the people.

    3 And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, seated at table, there came a woman with a bottle of perfumed oil of great price; and when the bottle was broken she put the perfume on his head.

    4 But some of them were angry among themselves, saying, For what purpose has this oil been wasted?

    5 We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.

    6 But Jesus said, Let her be; why are you troubling her? she has done a kind act to me.

    7 The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.

    8 She has done what she was able: she has put oil on my body to make it ready for its last resting-place.

    9 And truly I say to you, Wherever the good news goes out through all the earth, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.

  • Matt 26:7-13
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    84%

    7 There came to him a woman having a bottle of perfume of great price, and she put the perfume on his head when he was seated at table.

    8 But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

    9 For we might have got much money for this and given it to the poor.

    10 But Jesus, seeing it, said to them, Why are you troubling the woman? she has done a kind act to me.

    11 For the poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

    12 For in putting this perfume on my body, she did it to make me ready for my last resting-place.

    13 Truly I say to you, Wherever this good news goes out in all the world, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.

  • John 12:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5 Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor?

    6 (He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)

  • John 12:8
    78%

    8 The poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

  • John 12:3
    74%

    3 Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume.

  • Luke 7:37-39
    3 verses
    73%

    37 And there was a woman in the town who was a sinner; and when she had news that he was a guest in the Pharisee's house, she took a bottle of perfume,

    38 And went in and took her place at the back of him, near his feet, weeping, so that his feet were washed with the drops from her eyes, and with her hair she made them dry, and kissing his feet she put the perfume on them.

    39 Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner.

  • Luke 7:44-46
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    72%

    44 And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.

    45 You did not give me a kiss: but she, from the time when I came in, has gone on kissing my feet.

    46 You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet.

  • Luke 10:42
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    42 Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.

  • John 11:2
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    2 (The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who put perfumed oil on the Lord and made his feet dry with her hair.)

  • Mark 12:41-44
    4 verses
    71%

    41 And he took a seat by the place where the money was kept, and saw how the people put money into the boxes: and a number who had wealth put in much.

    42 And there came a poor widow, and she put in two little bits of money, which make a farthing.

    43 And he made his disciples come to him, and said to them, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting money into the box:

    44 Because they all put in something out of what they had no need for; but she out of her need put in all she had, even all her living.

  • Luke 21:3-4
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    3 And he said, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has given more than all of them:

    4 For they gave out of their wealth, having more than enough for themselves: but she, even out of her need, has put in all her living.

  • Luke 7:12-13
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    70%

    12 Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

    13 And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad.

  • John 20:15
    70%

    15 Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? who are you looking for? She, taking him for the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away from here, say where you have put him and I will take him away.

  • John 11:31
    70%

    31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.

  • Luke 10:40
    69%

    40 But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.

  • John 13:29
    69%

    29 Some were of the opinion that because Judas kept the money-bag Jesus said to him, Get the things we have need of for the feast; or, that he was to give something to the poor.

  • Luke 8:52
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    52 And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.

  • John 11:17
    69%

    17 Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.

  • John 20:13
    69%

    13 They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I have no knowledge where they have put him.

  • Mark 15:47
    69%

    47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was put.

  • John 11:33-35
    3 verses
    69%

    33 And when Jesus saw her weeping, and saw the Jews weeping who came with her, his spirit was moved and he was troubled,

    34 And said, Where have you put him? They said, Come and see, Lord.

    35 And Jesus himself was weeping.

  • John 2:4
    68%

    4 Jesus said to her, Woman, this is not your business; my time is still to come.

  • John 11:39
    68%

    39 Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days.

  • John 19:42
    68%

    42 So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place was near.

  • John 20:11
    68%

    11 But Mary was still there outside the hole in the rock, weeping; and while she was weeping and looking into the hole,