Mark 14:6 - The Message But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why are you giving her a hard time? She has just done something wonderfully significant for me. You will have the poor with you every day for the rest of your lives. Whenever you feel like it, you can do something for them. Not so with me. She did what she could when she could—she pre-anointed my body for burial. And you can be sure that wherever in the whole world the Message is preached, what she just did is going to be talked about admiringly.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But Jesus said, Let her alone; why are you troubling her? She has done a good and beautiful thing to Me [praiseworthy and noble]. American Standard Version (1901) But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. Common English Bible Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you make trouble for her? She has done a good thing for me. Catholic Public Domain Version But Jesus said: "Permit her. What is the reason that you trouble her? She has done a good deed for me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But Jesus said: Let her alone, why do you molest her? She hath wrought a good work upon me. |