Devine Scripture

Matthew 26:12

Matthew chapter 26 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

Context

v.11For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

v.12This passage

v.13Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Mark 14:8

    She hath done what she could; she hath anointed my body beforehand for the burying.

  • John 12:7

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

  • Luke 23:56

    And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. And on the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

  • Mark 16:1

    And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

  • John 19:39

    And there came also Nicodemus, he who at the first came to him by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.

  • 2 Chronicles 16:14

    And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.