Matthew 26:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.”
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“By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for she having put this ointment on my body--for my burial she did <FI>it<Fi> .”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 26:12 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 16:14And 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 14:8She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.
- Mark 16:1When 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 23:56Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
- John 12:7“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
- John 19:39Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
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