John 12:7

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

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

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

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

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,

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?”

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