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

Matthew 26:12

By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

American Standard Version

For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

Geneva Bible 1599

For in that shee powred this oyntment on my bodie, shee did it to burie me.

Darby Translation

For in pouring out this ointment on my body, she has done it for my burying.

Young's Literal Translation

for she having put this ointment on my body — for my burial she did [it].

Bible in Basic English

For in putting this perfume on my body, she did it to make me ready for my last resting-place.

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Cross references

“For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.”

Mark 14:8 John 12:7 2 Chronicles 16:14 Mark 16:1 Luke 23:56 Luke 24:1

Mark 14:8 · BSB

She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.

John 12:7 · BSB

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

2 Chronicles 16:14 · BSB

And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.

Mark 16:1 · BSB

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.

Luke 23:56 · BSB

Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

Luke 24:1 · BSB

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.

13Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

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