Mark 14:8

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She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

But we desire to let you know, brethren, of the grace of God which has been bestowed on the Churches of Macedonia;

Towards sunset, as it was the Preparation--that is, the day preceding the Sabbath--

When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, in order to come and anoint His body.

Then, taking it down, he wrapped it in a linen sheet and laid it in a tomb in the rock, where no one else had yet been put.

And, on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices they had prepared.

But Jesus interposed. "Do not blame her," He said, "allow her to have kept it for the time of my preparation for burial.

Accordingly the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and also of the other who had been crucified with Jesus.

In pouring this ointment over me, her object was to prepare me for burial.