“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.
But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus.
Aware of this, Jesus asked, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,
For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him
And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is no