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But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you will, you can do good to them; but you will not always have me. She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burying.

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“Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you,[a] and you can help them any time you want.(A) But you will not always have me. She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:7 See Deut. 15:11.