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


In Context

4 One of his disciples therefore, Judas son of Simon, Iscariote, who was about to deliver him up, says,

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

6 But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into it.

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

8 for ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.

9 A great crowd therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came, not because of Jesus only, but also that they might see Lazarus whom he raised from among 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.