Matthew 26:12
For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
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- 2 Chr 16:14 : 14 They buried him in his own tombs, which he had dug out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds [of spices] prepared by the perfumers' art: and they made a very great burning for him.
- Mark 14:8 : 8 She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.
- Mark 16:1 : 1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
- Luke 23:56-24:1 : 56 They returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. 1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.
- John 12:7 : 7 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.
- John 19:39-40 : 39 Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds. 40 So they took Jesus' body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
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- Mark 14:2-98 verses85%
2 For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."
3 While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard--very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.
4 But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted?
5 For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor." They grumbled against her.
6 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.
7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.
8 She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.
9 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her."
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13 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her."
- John 12:3-86 verses84%
3 Mary, therefore, took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
4 Then Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,
5 "Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?"
6 Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
7 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.
8 For you always have the poor with you, but you don't always have me."
- Matt 26:6-116 verses82%
6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7 a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.
8 But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?
9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor."
10 However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me.
11 For you always have the poor with you; but you don't always have me.
- Luke 7:44-474 verses76%
44 Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.
45 You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.
46 You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little."
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2 It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.
- Luke 7:37-382 verses70%
37 Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment.
38 Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
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40 So they took Jesus' body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
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46 He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
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37 For I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled in me: 'He was counted with transgressors.' For that which concerns me has an end."
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12 His disciples came, and took the body, and buried it; and they went and told Jesus.
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11 But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping. So, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb,
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13 They told her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don't know where they have laid him."
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4 for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."
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16 His disciples didn't understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.
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10 She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
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31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there."
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28 for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.
- Mark 12:43-442 verses67%
43 He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,
44 for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on."
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42 Then because of the Jews' Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Jesus there.
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1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
- Matt 27:59-602 verses67%
59 Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.
- Matt 26:1-22 verses67%
1 It happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he said to his disciples,
2 "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."
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33 But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
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18 and you took your embroidered garments, and covered them, and did set my oil and my incense before them.
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19 He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me."