Matthew 26:12

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

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  • 2 Chr 16:14 : 14 He was buried in his tomb that he had prepared for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier covered with spices blended from various perfumes, and they made a very great fire in his honor.
  • Mark 14:8 : 8 She did what she could; she anointed my body beforehand for burial.
  • Mark 16:1 : 1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint Jesus' body.
  • Luke 23:56-24:1 : 56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment. 1 On the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, carrying the spices they had prepared, and some other women were with them.
  • John 12:7 : 7 Jesus replied, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of My burial preparation."
  • John 19:39-40 : 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.

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  • Mark 14:2-9
    8 verses
    85%

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

    3 While 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.

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

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

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

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

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

    9 Truly 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 26:13
    84%

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

  • John 12:3-8
    6 verses
    84%

    3 Then 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.

    4 But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples (the one who was about to betray Him), said,

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

    6 He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the money box and would steal from what was put into it.

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

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

  • Matt 26:6-11
    6 verses
    82%

    6 While Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

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

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

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

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

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

  • Luke 7:44-47
    4 verses
    76%

    44 Turning 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.

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

    46 You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.

    47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven, as her great love has shown. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.'

  • John 11:2
    73%

    2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, is the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair.)

  • Luke 7:37-38
    2 verses
    70%

    37 And 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.

    38 And 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.

  • John 19:40
    70%

    40 Taking the body of Jesus, they wrapped it in linen cloths along with the spices, as is the Jewish burial custom.

  • Mark 15:46
    69%

    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.

  • Luke 22:37
    68%

    37 For I tell you, this Scripture must be fulfilled in me: ‘He was counted among the lawless.’ Indeed, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment."

  • Matt 14:12
    68%

    12 Then John's disciples came, took the body, buried it, and went and told Jesus.

  • John 20:11
    68%

    11 Mary, however, stood outside the tomb, weeping. As she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb.

  • John 20:13
    67%

    13 The 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.'

  • Luke 21:4
    67%

    4 For they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she had to live on.

  • John 12:16
    67%

    16 At first, His disciples did not understand these things. But when Jesus was glorified, they remembered that these things had been written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.

  • Mark 16:10
    67%

    10 She went and told those who had been with him, who were mourning and weeping.

  • John 11:31
    67%

    31 The Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, saw how Mary quickly got up and went out. They followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to weep there.

  • Matt 26:28
    67%

    28 This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

  • Mark 12:43-44
    2 verses
    67%

    43 Summoning 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.

    44 For 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.'

  • John 19:42
    67%

    42 Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

  • Mark 16:1
    67%

    1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint Jesus' body.

  • Matt 27:59-60
    2 verses
    67%

    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.

  • Matt 26:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1 When Jesus had finished all these sayings, He said to His disciples,

    2 You know that after two days the Passover takes place, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.

  • John 12:33
    67%

    33 He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

  • Ezek 16:18
    66%

    18 You took your embroidered garments to cover them, and you presented my oil and incense before them.

  • Luke 22:19
    66%

    19 And taking bread, he gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, 'This is my body, which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.'