John 12:7-8PronouncementdisciplesReframed OT“Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying. For the poor you have always with you; but me you have not always.”ContextDefending Mary's anointing of his feet against Judas's objectionSynoptic ParallelsMatthew 26:10-13; Mark 14:6-9OT ReferenceDeuteronomy 15:11Reframe NoteQuotes the ongoing reality of poverty from Deuteronomy but reframes with the urgency of his imminent deathThemesatonementlove