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  • Matthew 26:12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 12 When she put this perfumed oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.+

  • Matthew 26:12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 12 For when this woman put this perfumed oil upon my body, she did it for the preparation of me for burial.+

  • Matthew 26:12
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 12 βαλοῦσα having thrown γὰρ for αὕτη this [woman] τὸ the μύρον perfumed oil τοῦτο this ἐπὶ upon τοῦ the σώματός body μου of me πρὸς toward τὸ the ἐνταφιάσαι to put into the grave με me ἐποίησεν. she did.

  • Matthew 26:12
    King James Version
    • 12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

  • Matthew 26:12
    American Standard Version
    • 12 For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

  • Matthew 26:12
    The Bible in Living English
    • 12 For she, in putting this perfume on my body, has done this toward burying me.

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2019
    • 26:12 it-2 547-548

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 26:12 ad 1247

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 26
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 26:12

      she put this perfumed oil on my body: The woman (see study note on Mt 26:7) performed this generous act out of love and appreciation for Jesus. He explained that she was unknowingly preparing his body for burial, since such perfumed oil and ointments were often applied to dead bodies.​—2Ch 16:14.

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