riversident John:12:1-11
riversident@John:12:1 @ SIX days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was whom he had raised from the dead.
riversident@John:12:2 @ There they made a dinner for him. Martha waited on them, and Lazarus was one of those who reclined at table with him.
riversident@John:12:3 @ Mary took a pound of pure nard perfume, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
riversident@John:12:4 @ Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, the one who was going to betray him, said,
riversident@John:12:5 @ "Why was not this perfume sold for three hundred shillings and the money given to the poor?"
riversident@John:12:6 @ He said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and having the purse used to pilfer what was put into it.
riversident@John:12:7 @ Jesus said,
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riversident@John:12:9 @ A great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not on account of Jesus alone, but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.
riversident@John:12:10 @ The high priests planned to kill Lazarus too,
riversident@John:12:11 @ because many of the Jews on account of him went and believed in Jesus.