In pouring this perfume on my body, she has done it for my burying.
She has done what she could; she has perfumed my body beforehand for my burial.
When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought some spices, so that they might go and anoint the body of Jesus.
And then went home, and prepared spices and perfumes. During the Sabbath they rested, as directed by the commandment
"Let her alone," said Jesus, "that she may keep it till the day when my body is being prepared for burial.