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Six days before the Passover ,
Jesus came to Bethany ,
where Laz '
arus was ,
whom Jesus had raised from the dead .
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There they made him a supper ;
Martha served ,
and Laz '
arus was one of those at table with him .
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Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair ;
and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment .
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But Judas Iscariot ,
one of his disciples (
he who was to betray him ),
said ,
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Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor ?"
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This he said ,
not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief ,
and as he had the money box he used to take what was put into it .
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Jesus said , "
Let her alone ,
let her keep it for the day of my burial .
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The poor you always have with you ,
but you do not always have me ."
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When the great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there ,
they came ,
not only on account of Jesus but also to see Laz '
arus ,
whom he had raised from the dead .
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So the chief priests planned to put Laz '
arus also to death ,
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because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus .