John 12:7
New International Version
“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.

New Living Translation
Jesus replied, “Leave her alone. She did this in preparation for my burial.

English Standard Version
Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial.

Berean Standard Bible
“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.

Berean Literal Bible
Therefore Jesus said, "Leave her alone, so that for the day of My burial she may keep it.

King James Bible
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

New King James Version
But Jesus said, “Let her alone; she has kept this for the day of My burial.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial.

NASB 1995
Therefore Jesus said, “Let her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial.

NASB 1977
Jesus therefore said, “Let her alone, in order that she may keep it for the day of My burial.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore Jesus said, “Let her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial.

Amplified Bible
So Jesus said, “Let her alone, so that she may keep [the rest of] it for the day of My burial.

Christian Standard Bible
Jesus answered, “Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of my burial.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jesus answered, “Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of My burial.

American Standard Version
Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But Yeshua said, “Let her alone, for she has kept it for the day of my burial.”

Contemporary English Version
Jesus replied, "Leave her alone! She has kept this perfume for the day of my burial.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial.

English Revised Version
Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus said to Judas, "Leave her alone! She has done this to prepare me for the day I will be placed in a tomb.

Good News Translation
But Jesus said, "Leave her alone! Let her keep what she has for the day of my burial.

International Standard Version
Then Jesus said, "Leave her alone so she can observe the day of my burial,

Literal Standard Version
Jesus, therefore, said, “Permit her; she has kept it for the day of My embalming,

Majority Standard Bible
“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.

New American Bible
So Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Let her keep this for the day of my burial.

NET Bible
So Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.

New Revised Standard Version
Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial.

New Heart English Bible
But Jesus said, "Leave her alone, that she may keep this for the day of my burial.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burial hath she kept this.

Weymouth New Testament
But Jesus interposed. "Do not blame her," He said, "allow her to have kept it for the time of my preparation for burial.

World English Bible
But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus, therefore, said, 'Suffer her; for the day of my embalming she hath kept it,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Mary Anoints Jesus
6Judas 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. 8The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”…

Cross References
Matthew 26:12
By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.

John 19:40
So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.


Treasury of Scripture

Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying has she kept this.

Let.

Psalm 109:31
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

Zechariah 3:2
And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

Matthew 26:10
When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

against.

John 19:38-42
And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus…

Matthew 26:12
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

Matthew 27:57-60
When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: …

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John 12
1. Jesus excuses Mary anointing his feet.
9. The people flock to see Lazarus.
10. The chief priests consult to kill him.
12. Jesus rides into Jerusalem.
20. Greeks desire to see Jesus.
23. He foretells his death.
37. The people are generally blinded;
42. yet many chief rulers believe, but do not confess him;
44. therefore Jesus calls earnestly for confession of faith.














(7) Against the day of my burying hath she kept this.--The majority of the better MSS. read, "that she keep this against the day of My burying." Comp. Matthew 26:12 and Mark 14:8. The thought here differs from that in the earlier Gospels, and the common reading has therefore been adapted to harmonise with it. Taking the better text, the meaning here is, "Let her alone, that she may keep this for the day of My embalmment." She had taken a pound of ointment (John 12:3) and had anointed His feet. This reminds Him of the embalmment of the dead, which had been but lately in that very place, and in the person of one sitting with them, present to their minds. Her act is significant of the future which is approaching. Let them not stay that deed of love. Before the week ends His body will be carried to the sepulchre. The preparations for the grave have already been begun.

Verse 7. - The two readings of the text must here be compared with one another and with the synoptic narrative. The T.R. reads, Let her alone: unto the day of the preparation for my burial she has carefully guarded this precious perfume. This is, in one sense, that very day, and she has found out the solemn fact in a way in which the disciples had as yet failed to do. With this agrees the language of the synoptists," Why trouble ye the woman? she hath wrought a good work on me;... she hath done that which was possible to her (ο{ ἐσχεν ἐποίησεν)" of Mark 14:8. In fact, Mark expressly conveys this thought - "she has anticipated the anointing of my body for the burial." If we have the direct testimony of Mark (i.e. Peter), Christ must have expressed himself thus. Matthew also in different words records the same pathetic and subtle thought: "For in that she poured [cast] this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial" (John 26:12) Hengstenberg, Godet, and Stier abide by the reading of the T.R.; but the principal manuscripts, in most powerful combination, have led Lachmann, Alford, Tischendorf, and Westcott and Hort to read here, Ἵνα εἰς τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ ἐνταφιασμοῦ τηρήση αὐτό, "In order that she may keep or guard this for the day of my burial." Westcott says that the synoptists imply rather, by the word κατέχεεν, that She had not already consumed the whole of the ointment. Meyer, with this text, translates, "Let her alone, that she may preserve it (this ointment, of which she has just poured some over my feet) for the day of my embalmment." This certainly seems inconsistent with the complaint of the disciples or of Judas, at the apparently superfluous expenditure, and would compel us to restrict the abed to the unused portion. The advocates of the T.R. reading say that it represents the original text, which has been altered by criticism arising from misunderstanding of the idea of the day of burial having ideally arrived; but why did they not alter on the same principle the language of the synoptists? The advocates of Lachmann's text say that it has been altered by copyists, to bring it into accord with the text of the synoptists. Lange justifies the Revised Version, "Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying," and puts it thus: "Permit her to keep it [i.e. to have kept the ointment which she might have used at the burial of Lazarus] for the day of my burial," now ideally present in the outbreak of Judas's devilish malignity. So virtually Luthardt and Baumgarten-Crusius. Godet argues that this is forced and ungrammatical. But there is this advantage in it, that it brings the language into much closer relation with the synoptists. Westcott prefers the idea of Meyer. The older view is to me far mere satisfactory. Edersheim (2:35) adds to this, "Mary may have had that alabaster box from early days, before she had learned to serve Christ. When she understood that decease of which he constantly spake, she may have put it aside, "kept it," "against the day of his burying." And now the decisive hour is come.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
“Leave her alone,”
Ἄφες (Aphes)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 863: From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

replied.
Εἶπεν (Eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

“She was intended
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

to keep
τηρήσῃ (tērēsē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5083: From teros; to guard, i.e. To note; by implication, to detain; by extension, to withhold; by extension, to withhold.

[this perfume]
αὐτό (auto)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

to prepare for
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

day
ἡμέραν (hēmeran)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

of
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

My
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

burial.
ἐνταφιασμοῦ (entaphiasmou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 1780: Embalming, preparation of a body for burial. From entaphiazo; preparation for interment.


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