7Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.


In Context

4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, that should betray him, saith,

5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the poor?

6 Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.

7 Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.

8 For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.

9 The common people therefore of the Jews learned 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 Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:7"Leave her alone," Jesus replied. "It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:7Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to have kept this for the day of my preparation for burial;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:7Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burial hath she kept this.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7But Jesus said, |Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7Jesus, therefore, said, 'Suffer her; for the day of my embalming she hath kept it,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying has she kept this.