John 12:7 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁷ So, Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Let her keep [the rest of] it for [use on] the day of my burial.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ But Jesus said, Let her alone. It was [intended] that she should keep it for the time of My preparation for burial. [She has kept it that she might have it for the time of My embalming.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.

Common English Bible

⁷ Then Jesus said, “Leave her alone. This perfume was to be used in preparation for my burial, and this is how she has used it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ But Jesus said: "Permit her, so that she may keep it against the day of my burial.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial.

John 12:7 Cross References

Matthew 26:10

But Jesus was aware [of what they were up to], so said, “Why are you bothering this woman? For she has done a kind deed to me.

Matthew 26:12

For in the act of pouring this perfume on my body she was preparing it for my burial.

Mark 14:6

But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why are you bothering this woman? For she has done a kind deed to me.

Luke 23:50

And just then [there appeared] a member of the [Jewish] Council named Joseph from the city of Arimathea. He was a good man who tried to do what was right,