John 12:7

7 Therefore Jesus said, "Let her alone, so that she may keep it for 1the day of My burial.

John 12:7 In-Context

5 "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?"
6 Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.
7 Therefore Jesus said, "Let her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial.
8 "For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."
9 The large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He raised from the dead.

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Footnotes 1

  • [a]. I.e. the custom of preparing the body for burial
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