John 12:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then Jesus said, Leave her alone; she has kept this for the day of my burial.

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  • Ps 109:31 : 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those who condemn his soul.
  • Zech 3:2 : 2 And the LORD said to Satan, The LORD rebuke you, O Satan; indeed, the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you: is this not a brand plucked from the fire?
  • Matt 26:10 : 10 When Jesus understood it, he said to them, Why trouble you the woman? for she has worked a good work on me.
  • Matt 26:12 : 12 For in that she has poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
  • Matt 27:57-60 : 57 When evening came, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple. 58 He went to Pilate and begged for 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 of the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed.
  • Mark 14:6 : 6 And Jesus said, Leave her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a good work on me.
  • Mark 15:42-47 : 42 And now when the evening had come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counselor, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate marveled if he was already dead, and calling the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead for some time. 45 And when he was informed by 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 tomb which was cut out of a rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. 47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.
  • Luke 23:50 : 50 And behold, there was a man named Joseph, a council member, and he was a good and just man.
  • John 19:38-42 : 38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave permission. He came and took the body of Jesus. 39 And Nicodemus also came, who at first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds in weight. 40 Then they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen clothes with the spices, as is the custom of the Jews to bury. 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had yet been laid. 42 There they laid Jesus because of the Jews' preparation day; for the tomb was nearby.

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  • Mark 14:2-9
    8 verses
    86%

    2But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.

    3And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at dinner, there came a woman with an alabaster box of very precious ointment of spikenard; and she broke the box and poured it on his head.

    4And there were some who had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

    5For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

    6And Jesus said, Leave her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a good work on me.

    7For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you will you may do them good; but me you do not have always.

    8She has done what she could; she has come beforehand to anoint my body for the burial.

    9Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the whole world, this also that she has done shall be spoken of in memory of her.

  • Matt 26:7-13
    7 verses
    84%

    7There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at the table.

    8But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

    9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

    10When Jesus understood it, he said to them, Why trouble you the woman? for she has worked a good work on me.

    11For you always have the poor with you; but me you do not always have.

    12For in that she has poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

    13Truly I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, what this woman has done, be told for a memorial of her.

  • John 12:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor?

    6This he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money bag, and used to take what was put in it.

  • John 12:8
    78%

    8For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.

  • John 12:3
    74%

    3Then Mary took a pound of very costly spikenard ointment, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

  • Luke 7:37-39
    3 verses
    73%

    37And, behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat to eat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

    38And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

    39Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what sort of woman this is who touches him: for she is a sinner.

  • Luke 7:44-46
    3 verses
    72%

    44And he turned to the woman, and said to Simon, Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, you gave me no water for my feet: but she has washed my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.

    45You gave me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in has not ceased to kiss my feet.

    46My head with oil you did not anoint: but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment.

  • Luke 10:42
    71%

    42But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.

  • John 11:2
    71%

    2(It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

  • Mark 12:41-44
    4 verses
    71%

    41Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much.

    42Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a penny.

    43So he called his disciples to him and said to them, 'Truly I say to you, that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury;

    44for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.'

  • Luke 21:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3And he said, Truly I say to you, that this poor widow has cast in more than all of them:

    4For all these have out of their abundance cast into the offerings of God; but she, out of her poverty, has cast in all the living that she had.

  • Luke 7:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and a large crowd of the city was with her.

    13And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, Weep not.

  • John 20:15
    70%

    15Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek? She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.

  • John 11:31
    70%

    31The Jews then who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw Mary get up hastily and go out, followed her, saying, She is going to the grave to weep there.

  • Luke 10:40
    69%

    40But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached him and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.

  • John 13:29
    69%

    29For some thought, because Judas had the money bag, that Jesus had said to him, Buy those things we need for the feast, or that he should give something to the poor.

  • Luke 8:52
    69%

    52And all wept, and mourned for her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeps.

  • John 11:17
    69%

    17Then when Jesus came, he found that he had already been in the grave four days.

  • John 20:13
    69%

    13And they 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.

  • Mark 15:47
    69%

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

  • John 11:33-35
    3 verses
    69%

    33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, he groaned in the spirit and was troubled,

    34And said, Where have you laid him? They said to him, Lord, come and see.

    35Jesus wept.

  • John 2:4
    68%

    4Jesus said to her, Woman, what does your concern have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.

  • John 11:39
    68%

    39Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.

  • John 19:42
    68%

    42There they laid Jesus because of the Jews' preparation day; for the tomb was nearby.

  • John 20:11
    68%

    11But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping, and as she wept, she stooped down and looked into the tomb,