Matthew 26:12

For in the act of pouring this perfume on my body she was preparing it for my burial.

Mark 14:8

She has done what she could. She has applied this aromatic oil to my body in anticipation of my burial.

Now when the Sabbath day was over [i.e., after sunset on Saturday evening], Mary from Magdala; Mary the mother of James [i.e., the "other Mary" of Matt. 28:1, who was probably Jesus' mother. See Matt. 27:56]; and Salome [i.e., the mother of James and John and wife of Zebedee. See Matt. 27:56], bought spices [i.e., consisting of aloes and other aromatic perfumes] in order to apply them to His body [i.e., as a means of embalming].

Luke 23:56-1

So, they returned [home] and prepared spices and [aromatic] oils [i.e., for embalming Jesus' body]. Then they rested on the Sabbath day according to the [fourth] commandment. [See Ex. 20:10].

John 12:7

So, Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Let her keep [the rest of] it for [use on] the day of my burial.

John 19:39-40

Nicodemus, the man who first came to Jesus one night, also went with him [i.e., to claim Jesus' body]. He brought about a seventy-five pound mixture of myrrh and aloes [i.e., aromatic spices used for embalming].

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Matthew 26:12

For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

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She has done what she could. She has applied this aromatic oil to my body in anticipation of my burial.

So, they returned [home] and prepared spices and [aromatic] oils [i.e., for embalming Jesus' body]. Then they rested on the Sabbath day according to the [fourth] commandment. [See Ex. 20:10].

Now at early dawn on the first day of the week [i.e., early Sunday morning], the women [See Mark 16:1] went to Jesus' grave site, taking the spices which they had prepared [for His burial].

So, Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Let her keep [the rest of] it for [use on] the day of my burial.