John 12:7
King James Version (KJV)
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
In context
5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
John 12:7 in every translation
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation 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.