Matthew 26:12

Amplified Bible

When she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial.

Cross References

Genesis 50:2

Then Joseph ordered his servants the physicians to embalm (mummify) his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel (Jacob).

2 Chronicles 16:14

They buried him in his own tomb which he had cut out for himself in the City of David, and they laid him on a bier which he had filled with various kinds of spices blended by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire in his honor.

Mark 14:8

She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial.

Mark 16:1

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome purchased [sweet-smelling] spices, so that they might go and anoint Him. [Matt 28:1-8; Luke 24:1-10; John 20:1-8]

Luke 23:56

Then they went back and prepared spices and ointments and sweet-smelling herbs. And on the Sabbath they rested in accordance with the commandment [forbidding work]. [Ex 12:16; 20:10]

John 12:7

So Jesus said, “Let her alone, so that she may keep [the rest of] it for the day of My burial.