John 12:7
Then said Jesus, ‹Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.›
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- Ps 109:31 : 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save [him] from those that condemn his soul.
- Zech 3:2 : 2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: [is] not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
- Matt 26:10 : 10 When Jesus understood [it], he said unto them, ‹Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.›
- Matt 26:12 : 12 ‹For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did› [it] ‹for my burial.›
- Matt 27:57-60 : 57 ¶ When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
- Mark 14:6 : 6 And Jesus said, ‹Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.›
- Mark 15:42-47 : 42 ¶ And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling [unto him] the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 45 And when he knew [it] of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. 47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary [the mother] of Joses beheld where he was laid.
- Luke 23:50 : 50 ¶ And, behold, [there was] a man named Joseph, a counsellor; [and he was] a good man, and a just:
- John 19:38-42 : 38 ¶ And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being 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 [him] leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. 39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound [weight]. 40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. 42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation [day]; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
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- Mark 14:2-98 verses86%
2 But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar of the people.
3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured [it] on his head.
4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
6 And Jesus said, ‹Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.›
7 ‹For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.›
8 ‹She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.›
9 ‹Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world,› [this] ‹also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.›
- Matt 26:7-137 verses84%
7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat [at meat].
8 But when his disciples saw [it], they had indignation, saying, To what purpose [is] this waste?
9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
10 When Jesus understood [it], he said unto them, ‹Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.›
11 ‹For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.›
12 ‹For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did› [it] ‹for my burial.›
13 ‹Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world,› [there] ‹shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.›
- John 12:5-62 verses78%
5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
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8 ‹For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.›
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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.
- Luke 7:37-393 verses73%
37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that [Jesus] sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
38 And stood at his feet behind [him] weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe [them] with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed [them] with the ointment.
39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw [it], he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman [this is] that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
- Luke 7:44-463 verses72%
44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, ‹Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped› [them] ‹with the hairs of her head.›
45 ‹Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.›
46 ‹My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.›
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42 ‹But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.›
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2 (It was [that] Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
- Mark 12:41-444 verses71%
41 ¶ And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
43 And he called [unto him] his disciples, and saith unto them, ‹Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:›
44 ‹For all› [they] ‹did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had,› [even] ‹all her living.›
- Luke 21:3-42 verses70%
3 And he said, ‹Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:›
4 ‹For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.›
- Luke 7:12-132 verses70%
12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, ‹Weep not.›
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15 Jesus saith unto her, ‹Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou?› She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
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31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
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40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
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29 For some [of them] thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy [those things] that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
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52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, ‹Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.›
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17 ¶ Then when Jesus came, he found that he had [lain] in the grave four days already.
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13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.
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47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary [the mother] of Joses beheld where he was laid.
- John 11:33-353 verses69%
33 ¶ When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
34 And said, ‹Where have ye laid him?› They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
35 Jesus wept.
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4 Jesus saith unto her, ‹Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.›
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39 Jesus said, ‹Take ye away the stone.› Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been [dead] four days.
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42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation [day]; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
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11 ¶ But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, [and looked] into the sepulchre,