But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you cause trouble for her? She has done a good deed to me. For the poor you always have with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have me. She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand[a] for burial.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:8 Literally “she has anticipated to anoint my body”