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"The perfume could have been sold at a high price. The money could have been given to poor people."
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Jesus was aware of this. So he said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
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You will always have poor people with you. But you will not always have me.
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She poured the 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 this good news is preached all over the world. It will be told in memory of her."
Judas Agrees to Hand Jesus Over
14 One of the Twelve went to the chief priests. His name was Judas Iscariot.
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He asked, "What will you give me if I hand Jesus over to you?" So they counted out 30 silver coins for him.
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From then on, Judas watched for the right time to hand Jesus over to them.
The Lord's Supper
17 It was the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The disciples came to Jesus. They asked, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover meal?"
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He replied, "Go into the city to a certain man. Tell him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover at your house with my disciples." ' "
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So the disciples did what Jesus had told them to do. They prepared the Passover meal.