1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus[a] was, the one Jesus had raised from the dead.
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So they gave a dinner for Him there; Martha was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.
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Then Mary took a pound of fragrant oil-pure and expensive nard-anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped His feet with her hair. So the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
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Then one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was about to betray Him), said,
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"Why wasn't this fragrant oil sold for 300 denarii[b] and given to the poor?"
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He didn't say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.
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Jesus answered, "Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of My burial.
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For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."