1 The Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were only two days away. The chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for a clever way to arrest Jesus. They wanted to kill him.
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"But not during the Feast," they said. "The people may stir up trouble."
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Jesus was in Bethany. He was at the table in the home of a man named Simon, who had a skin disease. A woman came with a special sealed jar of very expensive perfume. It was made out of pure nard. She broke the jar open and poured the perfume on Jesus' head.
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Some of the people there became angry. They said to one another, "Why waste this perfume?
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It could have been sold for more than a year's pay. The money could have been given to poor people." So they found fault with the woman.
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"Leave her alone," Jesus said. "Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.