Marcos 14:6

6 Pero Jesús respondió:

Marcos 14:6 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:6

And Jesus said, let her alone
Jesus knowing the secret indignation of some of his disciples, and their private murmurings at the woman, and their continual teasings of her, because of the expense of the ointment, said to them, as the Arabic and Ethiopic versions read; or "to the disciples", as the Persic, let the woman alone, cease to chide and reprove her for what she has done;

why trouble ye her?
why do you grieve her, by charging her with imprudence and extravagance, as if she had been guilty of a very great crime? she is so far from it, that

she hath wrought a good work on me;
she has done me an honour; expressed faith in me, and shown love to me, and ought to be commended, and not reproved; (See Gill on Matthew 26:10).

Marcos 14:6 In-Context

4 Algunos que estaban a la mesa se indignaron. «¿Por qué desperdiciar un perfume tan costoso? —preguntaron—.

5 ¡Podría haberse vendido por el salario de un año
y el dinero dado a los pobres!». Así que la regañaron severamente.

6 Pero Jesús respondió:

7 Siempre habrá pobres entre ustedes, y pueden ayudarlos cuando quieran, pero a mí no siempre me tendrán.

8 Ella hizo lo que pudo y ungió mi cuerpo en preparación para el entierro.