Mark 14:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁶ But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why are you bothering this woman? For she has done a kind deed to me.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ 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)

⁶ But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

Common English Bible

⁶ Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you make trouble for her? She has done a good thing for me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ 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

⁶ But Jesus said: Let her alone, why do you molest her? She hath wrought a good work upon me.

Mark 14:6 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.

Mark 14:5

It might have been sold for a large sum of money and the money given to poor people.” [Note: The amount indicated here was equivalent to 300 twelve-hour days of a farm laborer’s pay, or over $32,000 in 2005]. And they complained about her [doing this].

Mark 14:7

You will always have poor people with you, and you can do something good for them whenever you want to, but you will not always have me with you.

Acts 9:36

Now at Joppa [Note: This was also a town on the west coast of Palestine, today called “Jaffa,” and is now a part of Tel Aviv] there was a certain disciple named Tabitha (she was also called Dorcas, which means “Gazelle”). She practiced many good deeds and always gave money to poor people.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For it is not the person who commends himself that is approved [by God], but the one whom the Lord commends.

2 Corinthians 9:8

And God is able to provide you with abundant gifts, so that you will always have plenty of everything, and that you will also have plenty for doing every good deed.

Ephesians 2:10

For we [Christians] are the product of God’s workmanship, [re-] created in [fellowship with] Christ Jesus for [the purpose of] doing good deeds. God had previously determined that this should be our practice.

Colossians 1:10

[We pray for you] to live a life deserving of the Lord, pleasing to Him in every way, producing fruit in every good deed and growing in the knowledge of God.

2 Thessalonians 2:17

encourage and strengthen your hearts in every good thing you do and say.

1 Timothy 5:10

having a reputation for doing good deeds, [such as] bringing up children, showing hospitality to strangers, washing the feet of the saints [i.e., God’s holy people], assisting people in trouble and devoting herself to doing all [other] kinds of good deeds.

1 Timothy 6:18

[Urge them] to do what is good, to be rich in [the practice of] good deeds, to be generous and willing to share [with others].

2 Timothy 2:21

If a person rids himself of the common ones [i.e., the influences of evil people and qualities], he will be an instrument for [God’s] honor, dedicated, suitable for use by the Master, [and] prepared for [doing] every good deed.

2 Timothy 3:17

so that the man of God will be thoroughly equipped for [doing] every good deed.

Titus 2:14

He gave Himself up for us, to buy us back from [enslavement to] all [kinds of] wickedness and to purify for Himself a group of people who belong to Him and who are eager to do good deeds.

Titus 2:7

In everything [you do], you should show that you are a [proper] example of doing good deeds. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

Titus 3:14

Our people [i.e., the Christians there on Crete] also should learn to practice good deeds for meeting pressing needs, so that they can be productive [in the Lord’s work].

Titus 3:8

This saying is trustworthy and I want you [in your teaching] to affirm these things with confidence, so that those people who have trusted God will be careful to devote themselves to doing good deeds. These things [i.e., just mentioned] are good and profitable for people [to do].

Hebrews 10:24

And we should consider how we can stir up one another to love [more] and to perform good deeds.

Hebrews 13:21

equip you with every good deed for doing God’s will. [May He] work in us [to accomplish] what is very pleasing in His sight through [the power of] Jesus Christ. May there be praise to Him forever and ever. May it be so.

1 Peter 2:12

You should live such good lives before [unconverted] Gentiles, so that even though they accuse you of being evildoers, by seeing your good deeds, they will [be led to] honor God [for you] on the day He visits us again [i.e., to bring judgment].