Mary Anoints Jesus
John 12:7
In 9 translations
- BSB
- “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
- KJV
- Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
- WEB
- But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.
- ASV
- Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.
- LSV
- Jesus, therefore, said, “Permit her; she has kept it for the day of My embalming,
- YLT
- Jesus, therefore, said, 'Suffer her; for the day of my embalming she hath kept it,
- DBY
- Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to have kept this for the day of my preparation for burial;
- DRC
- Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial.
- GNV
- Then said Iesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying she kept it.
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Where the editions differ
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include ἵνα (“so that”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read τηρήσῃ (“she may keep”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read τετήρηκεν (“she has kept”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: ἵνα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἵνα; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
- SBLGNT: τηρήσῃ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τηρήσῃ; Robinson–Pierpont read τετήρηκεν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- εἶπεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ἄφες αὐτήν, ἵνα εἰς τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ ἐνταφιασμοῦ μου τηρήσῃ αὐτό·
- RP2018
- Εἶπεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἄφες αὐτήν· εἰς τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ ἐνταφιασμοῦ μου τετήρηκεν αὐτό.
- TR-Boyd
- Εἶπεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἄφες αὐτήν· εἰς τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ ἐνταφιασμοῦ μου τετήρηκεν αὐτό.
- SCR1894
- ειπεν ουν ο ιησους αφες αυτην εις την ημεραν του ενταφιασμου μου τετηρηκεν αυτο
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 26:12By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.
- Mark 14:6But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
- Matthew 26:10Aware of this, Jesus asked, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
- Matthew 27:57–60When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. So Joseph took…
- Luke 23:50Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,
- Psalms 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
- John 19:38–42Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body. Nicodemus,…
- Mark 15:42–47Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath), Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to…
- Zechariah 3:2And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”
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