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7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me.
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The poor you will always have with you,and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me.
8 She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial.
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She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial.
9 And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her."
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Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”
10 Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them.
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Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.
11 And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.
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They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.
12 And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"
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On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”
13 And he sent two of his disciples and said to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him,
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So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.
14 and wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, 'The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?'
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Say to the owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’
15 And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for us."
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He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”
16 And the disciples set out and went to the city and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
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The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.
17 And when it was evening, he came with the twelve.
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When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve.
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