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Matthew 26:11-13
Contemporary English Version
Matthew 26:11-13
Contemporary English Version
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] 13 You may be sure that wherever the good news is told all over the world, people will remember what she has done. And they will tell others.
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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 26:11-13
New International Version
Matthew 26:11-13
New International Version
11 The poor you will always have with you,[a](A) but you will not always have me. 12 When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.(B) 13 Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”
Footnotes
- Matthew 26:11 See Deut. 15:11.
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