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Jesus Anointed at Bethany

Matthew 26:12

In 9 translations

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.
LSV
for she having put this ointment on My body—for My burial she did [it].
YLT
for she having put this ointment on my body — for my burial she did [it].
DBY
For in pouring out this ointment on my body, she has done it for my burying.
DRC
For she in pouring this ointment upon my body, hath done it for my burial.
GNV
For in that shee powred this oyntment on my bodie, shee did it to burie me.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
βαλοῦσα γὰρ αὕτη τὸ μύρον τοῦτο ἐπὶ τοῦ σώματός μου πρὸς τὸ ἐνταφιάσαι με ἐποίησεν.
RP2018
Βαλοῦσα γὰρ αὕτη τὸ μύρον τοῦτο ἐπὶ τοῦ σώματός μου, πρὸς τὸ ἐνταφιάσαι με ἐποίησεν.
TR-Boyd
Βαλοῦσα γὰρ αὕτη τὸ μύρον τοῦτο ἐπὶ τοῦ σώματός μου, πρὸς τὸ ἐνταφιάσαι με ἐποίησεν.
SCR1894
βαλουσα γαρ αυτη το μυρον τουτο επι του σωματος μου προς το ενταφιασαι με εποιησεν

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 12:7“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
  • 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 23:56–24:1Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
  • 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.
  • John 19:39–40Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds. So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to…

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