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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.
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You will always have poor people with you. You can help them any time you want to. But you will not always have me.
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She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body to prepare me to be buried.
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What I'm about to tell you is true. What she has done will be told anywhere the good news is preached all over the world. It will be told in memory of her."
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Judas Iscariot was one of the Twelve. He went to the chief priests to hand Jesus over to them.
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They were delighted to hear that he would do this. They promised to give Judas money. So he watched for the right time to hand Jesus over to them.
The Lord's Supper
12 It was the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. That was the time to sacrifice the Passover lamb. Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover meal?"
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So he sent out two of his disciples. He told them, "Go into the city. A man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.
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He will enter a house. Say to its owner, 'The Teacher asks, "Where is my guest room? Where can I eat the Passover meal with my disciples?" '
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He will show you a large upstairs room. It will have furniture and will be ready. Prepare for us to eat there."