John 12:1-11

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Mary Anoints Jesus

1 ¹Jesus, therefore, six days before ²the Passover, came to ³Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

2 So they made Him a supper there, and ⁴Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

3 ⁵Mary then took a pound of very costly ⁶perfume 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 perfume.

4 But ⁷Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to betray Him, said,

5 "Why * was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?"

6 Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he ⁸had the money box, he used to pilfer ⁹what was put into it.

7 Therefore Jesus said, "Let her alone, so that she may keep it for ¹⁰the day of My burial.

8 "¹¹For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."

9 The ¹²large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, ¹³whom He raised from the dead.

10 But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also;

11 because ¹⁴on account of him ¹⁵many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.

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