Mark 14:8

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Mark 14:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.

7 The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.

8 She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.

9 And truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.

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1 Chronicles 28:2

Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,

1 Chronicles 28:3

but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.’

1 Chronicles 29:1

Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

1 Chronicles 29:2

Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.

1 Chronicles 29:3

Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple:

1 Chronicles 29:4

three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,

1 Chronicles 29:5

for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now who will volunteer to consecrate himself to the LORD today?”

1 Chronicles 29:6

Then the leaders of the households, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly.

1 Chronicles 29:7

Toward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

1 Chronicles 29:8

Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.

1 Chronicles 29:9

And the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the LORD freely and wholeheartedly. And King David also rejoiced greatly.

1 Chronicles 29:10

Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.

1 Chronicles 29:11

Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.

1 Chronicles 29:12

Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.

1 Chronicles 29:13

Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.

1 Chronicles 29:14

But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

1 Chronicles 29:16

O LORD our God, from Your hand comes all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy Name, and all of it belongs to You.

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.

2 Chronicles 31:20

So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.

2 Chronicles 31:21

He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.

2 Chronicles 34:19

When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes

2 Chronicles 34:20

and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:

2 Chronicles 34:21

“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”

2 Chronicles 34:22

So Hilkiah and those the king had designated went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.

2 Chronicles 34:23

And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you

2 Chronicles 34:24

that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,

2 Chronicles 34:25

because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’

2 Chronicles 34:26

But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,

2 Chronicles 34:27

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.

2 Chronicles 34:28

‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.

2 Chronicles 34:29

Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:30

And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 34:31

So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.

2 Chronicles 34:32

Then he had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand in agreement to it. So all the people of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 34:33

And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

Psalms 110:3

Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.

2 Corinthians 8:1

Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.

2 Corinthians 8:2

In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.

2 Corinthians 8:3

For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

Mark 15:42

Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

Mark 15:43

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

Mark 15:44

Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.

Mark 15:45

When Pilate had confirmed it with the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

Mark 15:46

So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

Mark 15:47

Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where His body was placed.

Mark 16:1

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.

Luke 23:53

Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.

Luke 23:54

It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.

Luke 23:55

The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.

Luke 23:56

Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

Luke 24:1

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.

Luke 24:2

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,

Luke 24:3

but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

John 12:7

“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.

John 19:32

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and those of the other.

John 19:33

But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.

John 19:34

Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

John 19:35

The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

John 19:36

Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”

John 19:37

And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”

John 19:38

Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.

John 19:39

Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.

John 19:40

So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.

John 19:41

Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

John 19:42

And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.