John 12:7

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Jesus replied, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of My burial preparation."

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  • Ps 109:31 : 31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy to save them from those who would condemn their souls.
  • Zech 3:2 : 2 And the LORD said to Satan, 'The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is this man not like a burning stick snatched from the fire?'
  • Matt 26:10 : 10 Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing for Me.
  • Matt 26:12 : 12 By pouring this perfume on My body, she has prepared Me for burial.
  • Matt 27:57-60 : 57 When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who had also become a disciple of Jesus, arrived. 58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be handed over to him. 59 Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and placed it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. He rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.
  • Mark 14:6 : 6 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you troubling her? She has done a beautiful thing for me.
  • Mark 15:42-47 : 42 When it was already evening, because it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath), 43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the council, who was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. 44 Pilate was amazed that He was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died. 45 When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he granted the body to Joseph. 46 Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Jesus down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb that had been cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching to see where He was placed.
  • Luke 23:50 : 50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, who was a good and righteous man.
  • John 19:38-42 : 38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus but kept it secret because of fear of the Jews, asked Pilate for permission to take the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took the body. 39 Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight. 40 Taking the body of Jesus, they wrapped it in linen cloths along with the spices, as is the Jewish burial custom. 41 Now, there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid. 42 Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

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    2But they said, "Not during the feast, so that there won't be an uproar among the people."

    3While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the house of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured it on his head.

    4Some of those present were indignant and said to one another, "Why this waste of the perfume?

    5It could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they scolded her harshly.

    6But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you troubling her? She has done a beautiful thing for me.

    7For you will always have the poor with you, and you can help them whenever you want, but you will not always have me.

    8She did what she could; she anointed my body beforehand for burial.

    9Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.

  • Matt 26:7-13
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    7a woman approached Him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume and poured it on His head as He reclined at the table.

    8When His disciples saw this, they were indignant and said, "Why this waste?"

    9This perfume could have been sold for a large amount and given to the poor.

    10Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing for Me.

    11For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have Me.

    12By pouring this perfume on My body, she has prepared Me for burial.

    13Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.

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    5"Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?"

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    8"For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have Me."

  • John 12:3
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    3Then Mary took a pound of pure, expensive nard perfume, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped His feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

  • Luke 7:37-39
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    37And behold, a woman in the town who was a sinner learned that Jesus was reclining at the Pharisee's house. She brought an alabaster jar of perfume.

    38And standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears. She wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed His feet repeatedly, and anointed them with the perfume.

    39When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, 'If this man were a prophet, He would know who and what kind of woman is touching Him—she is a sinner.'

  • Luke 7:44-46
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    44Turning to the woman, He said to Simon, 'Do you see this woman? I entered your house, and you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

    45You gave Me no kiss, but from the time I came in, she has not stopped kissing My feet.

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    42'But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.'

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    41Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and watched how the crowd was putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large amounts.

    42But a poor widow came and put in two very small coins, which amounted to a penny.

    43Summoning his disciples, he said to them, 'Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box.

    44For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, has put in everything she had—all she had to live on.'

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    3He said, 'Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.'

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    52Everyone was weeping and mourning for her, but He said, "Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep."

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    13The angels said to her, 'Woman, why are you weeping?' She said to them, 'Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.'

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    47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching to see where He was placed.

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    33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

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    35Jesus wept.

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