John 12:7
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
In context
5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
6 Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
7 “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
8 The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
9 Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
John 12:7 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
- KJV King James Version
- Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
- WEB World English Bible
- But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Jesus, therefore, said, 'Suffer her; for the day of my embalming she hath kept it,
- DBY Darby Translation
- Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to have kept this for the day of my preparation for burial;
- WBS Webster Bible
- Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burial hath she kept this.