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Matthew 26:10-12
Contemporary English Version
Matthew 26:10-12
Contemporary English Version
10 Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said:
Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing for me. 11 (A) You will always have the poor with you, but you won't always have me. 12 She has poured perfume on my body to prepare it for burial.[a]
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- 26.12 poured perfume on my body to prepare it for burial: The Jewish people taught that giving someone a proper burial was even more important than helping the poor.
Matthew 26:10-12
King James Version
Matthew 26:10-12
King James Version
10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
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