John 12:7

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So Jesus said,“Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.

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  • Ps 109:31 : 31 because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.
  • Zech 3:2 : 2 The LORD said to Satan,“May the LORD rebuke you, Satan! May the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Isn’t this man like a burning stick snatched from the fire?”
  • Matt 26:10 : 10 When Jesus learned of this, he said to them,“Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me.
  • Matt 26:12 : 12 When she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
  • Matt 27:57-60 : 57 Jesus’ Burial Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. 58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 59 Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.
  • Mark 14:6 : 6 But Jesus said,“Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.
  • Mark 15:42-47 : 42 Jesus’ Burial Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation(that is, the day before the Sabbath), 43 Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council, who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time. 45 When Pilate was informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb. 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.
  • Luke 23:50 : 50 Jesus’ Burial Now there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man.
  • John 19:38-42 : 38 Jesus’ Burial After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus(but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away. 39 Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds. 40 Then they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth according to Jewish burial customs. 41 Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried. 42 And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus’ body there.

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  • Mark 14:2-9
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    2For they said,“Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.”

    3Jesus’ Anointing Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head.

    4But some who were present indignantly said to one another,“Why this waste of expensive ointment?

    5It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” So they spoke angrily to her.

    6But Jesus said,“Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.

    7For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!

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

    9I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in 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 came to him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfumed oil, and she poured it on his head as he was at the table.

    8When the disciples saw this, they became indignant and said,“Why this waste?

    9It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!”

    10When Jesus learned of this, he said to them,“Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me.

    11For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!

    12When she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

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

  • John 12:5-6
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    78%

    5“Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?”

    6(Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)

  • John 12:8
    78%

    8For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”

  • John 12:3
    74%

    3Then Mary took three quarters of a pound of expensive aromatic oil from pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus. She then wiped his feet dry with her hair.(Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.)

  • Luke 7:37-39
    3 verses
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    37Then when a woman of that town, who was a sinner, learned that Jesus was dining at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfumed oil.

    38As she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the perfumed oil.

    39Now when 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 this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”

  • Luke 7:44-46
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    44Then, turning toward the woman, he said to Simon,“Do you see this woman? I entered your house. 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 of greeting, but from the time I entered she has not stopped kissing my feet.

    46You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfumed oil.

  • Luke 10:42
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    42but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her.”

  • John 11:2
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    2(Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

  • Mark 12:41-44
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    71%

    41The Widow’s Offering Then he sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts.

    42And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.

    43He called his disciples and said to them,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.

    44For they all gave out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had.”

  • Luke 21:3-4
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    3He said,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.

    4For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on.”

  • Luke 7:12-13
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    12As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother(who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.

    13When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her,“Do not weep.”

  • John 20:15
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    15Jesus said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him,“Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him.”

  • John 11:31
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    31Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.

  • Luke 10:40
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    40But Martha was distracted with all the preparations she had to make, so she came up to him and said,“Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me.”

  • John 13:29
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    29Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him to buy whatever they needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.)

  • Luke 8:52
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    52Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said,“Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep!”

  • John 11:17
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    17Speaking with Martha and Mary When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days already.

  • John 20:13
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    13They said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping?” Mary replied,“They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!”

  • Mark 15:47
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    47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.

  • John 11:33-35
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    33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping, he was intensely moved in spirit and greatly distressed.

    34He asked,“Where have you laid him?” They replied,“Lord, come and see.”

    35Jesus wept.

  • John 2:4
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    4Jesus replied,“Woman, why are you saying this to me? My time has not yet come.”

  • John 11:39
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    39Jesus said,“Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied,“Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buried four days.”

  • John 19:42
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    42And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus’ body there.

  • John 20:11
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    11But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb.