Matthew 26:12
When she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
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- 2 Chr 16:14 : 14 He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. They laid him to rest on a platform covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him.
- Mark 14:8 : 8 She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.
- Mark 16:1 : 1 The Resurrection When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices so that they might go and anoint him.
- Luke 23:56-24:1 : 56 Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. 1 The Resurrection Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared.
- John 12:7 : 7 So Jesus said,“Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.
- John 19:39-40 : 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.
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- Mark 14:2-98 verses85%
2 For they said,“Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.”
3 Jesus’ 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.
4 But some who were present indignantly said to one another,“Why this waste of expensive ointment?
5 It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” So they spoke angrily to her.
6 But Jesus said,“Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.
7 For 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!
8 She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.
9 I 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.”
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13 I 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 12:3-86 verses84%
3 Then 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.)
4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples(the one who was going to betray him) said,
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.)
7 So Jesus said,“Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.
8 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”
- Matt 26:6-116 verses82%
6 Jesus’ Anointing Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,
7 a 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.
8 When the disciples saw this, they became indignant and said,“Why this waste?
9 It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!”
10 When Jesus learned of this, he said to them,“Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me.
11 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!
- Luke 7:44-474 verses76%
44 Then, 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.
45 You gave me no kiss of greeting, but from the time I entered she has not stopped kissing my feet.
46 You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfumed oil.
47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, thus she loved much; but the one who is forgiven little loves little.”
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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.)
- Luke 7:37-382 verses70%
37 Then 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.
38 As 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.
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40 Then they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth according to Jewish burial customs.
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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.
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37 For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me,‘And he was counted with the transgressors.’ For what is written about me is being fulfilled.”
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12 Then John’s disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.
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11 But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb.
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13 They 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!”
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4 For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on.”
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16 (His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)
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10 She went out and told those who were with him, while they were mourning and weeping.
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31 Then 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.
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28 for this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
- Mark 12:43-442 verses67%
43 He 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.
44 For they all gave out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had.”
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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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1 The Resurrection When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices so that they might go and anoint him.
- Matt 27:59-602 verses67%
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.
- Matt 26:1-22 verses67%
1 The Plot Against Jesus When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,
2 “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
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33 (Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die.)
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18 You took your embroidered clothing and used it to cover them; you offered my olive oil and my incense to them.
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19 Then he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying,“This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”