:TEXT: "Let her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial." : p66 S B D K L Q W Theta Psi 33 1421 most lat vg cop : ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: -NOTES: "Let her alone; she has kept it for the day of my burial." : A 065 f1 f13 Maj one lat syr(p,h) : : Although it is possible that the perfect indicative ("has kept") was changed to the aorist subjunctive ("may keep") by copyists who noticed that Jesus was not buried until later that week, it is more likely that "so that she may keep" was changed to "she has kept" by copyists who noticed that she had already poured out the ointment. The text reading is supported by early manuscripts from several types of ancient text.