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ThenJesussixdaysbefore the passovercametoBethany,whereLazaruswaswhich had been dead, whom he raisedfrom the dead.
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Theretheymadehim a supper;andMarthaserved: butLazaruswasone of them that sat at the table with him.
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ThentookMary a pound of ointment of spikenard*, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus,andwipedhisfeet with herhair:and the house was filledwith the odour of the ointment.
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Whywasnotthisointmentsold for three hundredpence,andgiven to the poor?
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This he said, notthathecaredfor the poor;butbecause he was a thief,andhad the bag,andbare what was put therein.
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ThensaidJesus,Letheralone: against the day of myburying hath she keptthis.
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For the pooralways ye havewithyou;butme ye havenotalways.
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Muchpeopleof the Jewsthereforeknewthat he wasthere:and they camenotforJesus' sake only,butthat they might seeLazarusalso,whom he had raisedfrom the dead.
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But the chief priestsconsultedthat they might putLazarusalso to death;
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Because that by reason of himmany of the Jews went away, andbelievedonJesus.
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On the next daymuchpeople that were cometo the feast, when they heardthatJesus was comingtoJerusalem,
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Tookbranches of palm trees,and went forthtomeethim,andcried, Hosanna:Blessed is the King of Israel that comethin the name of the Lord.
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AndJesus, when he had found a young ass,satthereon*; as it iswritten,
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Fearnot,daughter of Sion:behold, thyKingcometh, sittingon an ass'scolt.
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Thesethingsunderstoodnothisdisciples at the first:butwhenJesus was glorified, then remembered theythat these thingswerewrittenofhim,and that they had done these things unto him.
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The peopletherefore that waswithhimwhen he calledLazarus out of his grave,andraisedhimfrom the dead, bare record.
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For thiscause the peoplealsomethim, for that they heardthat he had donethismiracle.
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The Phariseesthereforesaidamongthemselves, Perceive yehow ye prevailnothing*? behold, the world is goneafterhim.
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And there werecertainGreeksamong them that came uptoworshipat the feast:
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The samecametherefore to Philip, which was ofBethsaida of Galilee,anddesiredhim,saying, Sir, we wouldseeJesus.