Matthew 26:12

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

What she could she did: she has perfumed my body in preparation for my burial.

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 they returned, and prepared spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested in obedience to the Commandment.

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

Nicodemus too--he who at first had visited Jesus by night--came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, in weight about seventy or eighty pounds.

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

What she could she did: she has perfumed my body in preparation for my burial.

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 they returned, and prepared spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested in obedience to the Commandment.

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.

Nicodemus too--he who at first had visited Jesus by night--came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, in weight about seventy or eighty pounds.