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Matthew 26:7-13
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Matthew 26:7-13
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a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.
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When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked.
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“This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”
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Aware of this, Jesus said to them,
“Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
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The poor you will always have with you,
[a]
but you will not always have me.
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When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
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Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”
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Deuteronomy 15:11
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John 19:40
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See Deut. 15:11.
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