John 12:7
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.In other versions
Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.
ASV
Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.
BBE
Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to have kept this for the day of my preparation for burial;
DBY
But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.
WEB
Jesus, therefore, said, `Suffer her; for the day of my embalming she hath kept it,
YLT
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying has she kept this.
ENG
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burial hath she kept this.
WBT
“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
BSB
In context
5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
8For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
9Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
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