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Matthew 26:12

The cross and atonement

10 Aware of this, Jesus asked, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.

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

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

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

14 Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.
KJV
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
WEB
For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
ASV
For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
DARBY
For in pouring out this ointment on my body, she has done it for my burying.
BLB
For she, in pouring this fragrant oil on My body, did [it] for My burial.
ÅB
For da hun helte denne salven ut over kroppen min, gjorde hun meg i stand til begravelsen min.
OTB
Ved å helle denne parfymen over kroppen min, har hun gjort det som en forberedelse til min begravelse.
B1930
For da hun helte denne salve ut over mitt legeme, gjorde hun mig i stand til min jordeferd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 12:7

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

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  • Mark 14:8

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

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  • Luke 23:56–24:1

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

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  • Mark 16:1

    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.

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  • 2 Chronicles 16:14

    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.

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  • John 19:39–40

    Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.

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