John 12:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ Jesus said, “Let her alone, let her keep it for the day of my burial.

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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

Psalm 109:31

For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who condemn him to death.

Zechariah 3:2

And the Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?”

Matthew 26:10

But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.

Matthew 26:12

In pouring this ointment on my body she has done it to prepare me for burial.

Mark 14:6

But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

Luke 23:50

Now there was a man named Joseph from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man,