John:12:1-11

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* Then six days before the Passover , Jesus came to Bethany , where Lazarus was , who had died , whom He raised from the dead . * Then they made Him a supper there , and Martha served . But Lazarus was one of those reclining with Him . * Then taking a pound of ointment of pure , costly spikenard , Mary anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped off His feet with her hairs . And the house was filled with the odor of the ointment . * Then Simon 's son , one of His disciples , Judas Iscariot , who was about to betray Him , said , * Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor ? * But he said this , not that he was caring for the poor , but that he was a thief and held the moneybag and carried away the things being put in . * Then Jesus said , Allow her , for she has kept it for the day of My burial . * For you always have the poor with you , but you do not always have Me . * Then a great crowd of the Jews learned that He was there . And they did not come because of Jesus alone , but that they also might see Lazarus whom He raised from the dead . * But the chief priests took counsel that they might put Lazarus to death also , * because through him many of the Jews went away and believed into Jesus .

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