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John 12:7
“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
John 12:7 · Berean Standard Bible
John 12:7 in other translations
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.
But Jesus said, "Leave her alone, that she may keep this for the day of my burial.
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In context
4 But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,
5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
6 Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
7 “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
8 The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
9 Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
10 So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
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