John 12:7

Weymouth NT

But Jesus interposed. »Do not blame her,« He said, »allow her to have kept it for the time of my preparation for burial.

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But Jesus heard it, and said to them, »Why are you vexing her? For she has done a most gracious act towards me.

In pouring this ointment over me, her object was to prepare me for burial.

But Jesus said, »Leave her alone: why are you troubling her? She has done a most gracious act towards me.

There was a member of the Council of the name of Joseph, a kind-hearted and upright man,