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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."