Mark 14:6

Plain English Version

But Jesus said to them, “Leave her alone. Don’t make trouble for her. She did something really good to me.

Cross References

Mark 14:5

Why didn’t she sell it and get a lot of money, and give that money to poor people?” And they said angry words to her too.

Mark 14:7

You will always have poor people with you, and you can give them money whenever you want to. But I will not be here with you much longer.

Acts 9:36

There was a Christian woman that lived in a town called Joppa. Her name was Tabitha. Her name in the Greek language was Dorcas. She always did good things and helped poor people.

Ephesians 2:10

God is the one that made us what we are, and he wants us to do good things. He already has those good things ready for us to do. He turned us into new people, and he joined us to Jesus Christ, so now we can do those good things.

Colossians 1:10

Then you will live the way that our leader, Jesus, wants you to live, and you will do lots of good things that will make him happy. And you will know God better and better all the time.

2 Thessalonians 2:17

So we ask him to help you to be strong, and brave too, so that you keep on doing good things, and keep on saying good things.

1 Timothy 5:10

She has to be the sort of woman that everybody respects because she always did good things for people. She has to be a woman that brought her kids up properly. She has to be a woman that always gave strangers food and a place to sleep. She has to be a woman that did all sorts of things to help God’s people. She has to be a woman that always helped people in trouble and was always ready to do good things.

1 Timothy 6:18

So tell them to use their money to do good things for other people. Tell them to be ready to give it to people that need it.

2 Timothy 2:21

Well, it is like that too with people that belong to God. If you stop doing bad things, you are like gold things or silver things, and God will use you for the good jobs. You will live in a clean way, and you will be ready for God to use you any way he wants to.

2 Timothy 3:17

That’s how God properly trains his workers. He uses the words in his book to teach them, so they can do all those good things that he wants them to do.

Titus 2:14

Jesus died to save us from all the bad things of this world. He did that to change us into his own special people, like he properly cleaned us inside, and now we don’t want to do anything bad, but we only want to do good things.

Titus 2:7

You too, you have to always do good things. Then the young men will see you, and they will do good things too. You always have to teach the true message, and remember, your job is important.

Titus 3:14

And teach our people to do good things like that all the time. They have to help anybody that really needs things. When they do that, they will be doing something good with their lives.

Titus 3:8

That is all very true. I want you to teach those things strongly. I want you to be sure that people understand those things. Then the people that believe God’s message will think more about doing good things. And those good things will help everyone.

1 Peter 2:12

You live in the same place with people that don’t follow Jesus. So you have to make up your mind to always do things that are good. Sometimes people might tell lies and blame you and say you have done wrong. But if you always keep on doing whatever is right, they will see that you do good things. Later, after God comes to judge everybody, they will remember the good things you did, and they will respect him.