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John 12:7–8

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7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
8For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
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John 12:7Cross-references · 9 ranked passages

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    12For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

  2. Mark 14:6Rank 2
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    6And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

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    10When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

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    57When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple:

    58He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.

    59And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

    60And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

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    38¶ And after this Joseph of Arimathæa, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.

    39And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

    40Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

    41Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.

    42There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

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    50¶ And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counseller; and he was a good man, and a just:

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    42¶ And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

    43Joseph of Arimathæa, an honourable counseller, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

    44And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

    45And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

    46And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

    47And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.

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    31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

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    2And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

John 12:8Cross-references · 9 ranked passages

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    11For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

  2. Mark 14:7Rank 2
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    7For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

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    35Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

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

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    33Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.

  6. John 8:21Rank 6
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    21Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

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    9And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

    10And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

    11Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

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    5But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

    6But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

    7Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

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    6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

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John 12:7

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

alone

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1. Without others, company, or help; by oneself. 2. Only or solely. 3. In "let ... alone," to leave undisturbed or refrain from interfering with.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

burying

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Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of bury, meaning to place a dead body in a grave or tomb. Sense 2: To cover or conceal beneath earth or another substance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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John 12:8

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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12:1THEN Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

12:2There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

12:3Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

12:4Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,

12:5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

12:6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

12:7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

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12:8For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

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