John 12:7
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Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial.

Let.

Psalm 109:31 Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors.

Zechariah 3:2 And the Lord said to Satan: The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan: and the Lord that chose Jerusalem rebuke thee: Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

Matthew 26:10 And Jesus knowing it, said to them: Why do you trouble this woman? For she hath wrought a good work upon me.

Mark 14:6 But Jesus said: Let her alone. Why do You molest her? She hath wrought a good work upon me.

against.

John 19:38-42 And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (because he was 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 leave. He came therefore and took away the body of Jesus. . . .

Matthew 26:12 For she in pouring this ointment on my body hath done it for my burial.

Matthew 27:57-60 And when it was evening, there came a certain rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus. . . .

Mark 15:42-47 And when evening was now come (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the sabbath), . . .

Luke 23:50 And behold there was a man named Joseph who was a counsellor, a good and a just man,

Context
Mary Anoints Jesus
6Now he said this not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief and, having the purse, carried the things that were put therein. 7Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial. 8For the poor you have always with you: but me you have not always.…
Cross References
Matthew 26:12
For she in pouring this ointment on my body hath done it for my burial.

John 19:40
They took therefore the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

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

Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 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 Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

“She was intended
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 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 Greek 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 Greek 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 Greek 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 Greek 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 Greek 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

of
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 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 Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

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


Additional Translations
“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She was intended to keep this perfume to prepare for the day of My burial.

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

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

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

Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to have kept this for the day of my preparation for burial;

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

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

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

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.

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