6But Jesus said, |Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.


In Context

3 While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.

4 But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, |Why has this ointment been wasted?

5 For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor.| They grumbled against her.

6 But Jesus said, |Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.

7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.

8 She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.

Mark 14:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:6And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:6"Leave her alone," said Jesus. "Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:6But Jesus said: Let her alone, why do you molest her? She hath wrought a good work upon me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:6But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:6But Jesus said, Let her alone; why do ye trouble her? she has wrought a good work as to me;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:6But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:6And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:6And Jesus said, 'Let her alone; why are ye giving her trouble? a good work she wrought on me;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:6And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble you her? she has worked a good work on me.