John 12:7
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
Context
This verse from John Chapter 12 connects to 10 cross-references. Mary of Bethany anoints Jesus' feet six days before Passover. The triumphal entry on a donkey fulfilling Zechariah 9:9. Greeks seek Jesus; Jesus announces the hour of his glorification — like a grain of wheat falling into earth. 'Father, glorify …
Other Translations
Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.
Jesus, therefore, said, `Suffer her; for the day of my embalming she hath kept it,
Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.
Cross References
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke …
When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work …
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple:
And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a …
And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: