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


In Context

4 Then Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,

5 |Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?|

6 Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.

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

8 For you always have the poor with you, but you don't always have me.|

9 A large crowd 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.