10 [a]And Jesus knowing it, said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

11 (A)[b]For ye have the poor always with you, but me shall ye not have always.

12 For [c]in that she poured this ointment on my body, she did it to bury me.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:10 We ought not rashly to condemn that which is not orderly done.
  2. Matthew 26:11 Christ, who was once anointed in his own person, must always be anointed in the poor.
  3. Matthew 26:12 In that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to bury me.

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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