15 Grk “Leave her alone, that for the day of my burial she may keep it.” The construction with ἵνα (hina) is somewhat ambiguous. The simplest way to read it would be, “Leave her alone, that she may keep it for the day of my burial.” This would imply that Mary was going to use the perfumed oil on that day, while vv. 3 and 5 seem to indicate clearly that she had already used it up. Some understand the statement as elliptical: “Leave her alone; (she did this) in order to keep it for the day of my burial.” Another alternative would be an imperatival use of ἵνα with the meaning: “Leave her alone; let her keep it.” The reading of the Byzantine text, which omits the ἵνα and substitutes a perfect tense τετήρηκεν (tetērēken), while not likely to be original, probably comes close to the meaning of the text, and that has been followed in this translation.

In other versions

Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial.

“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.

Jesus answered, “Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of my burial.

Jesus replied, “Leave her alone. She did this in preparation for my burial.

So Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my preparation for burial.

Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

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