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1 When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples,
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1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he said to his disciples,
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2 "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be handed over for crucifixion."
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2 "As you know, the Passover is two days away--and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified."
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3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas ;
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3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
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4 and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him.
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4 and they plotted to arrest Jesus in some sly way and kill him.
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5 But they were saying, "Not during the festival, otherwise a riot might occur among the people."
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5 "But not during the Feast," they said, "or there may be a riot among the people."
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6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper,
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6 While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper,
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7 a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table.
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7 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.
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8 But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, "Why this waste ?
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8 When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. "Why this waste?" they asked.
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9 "For this perfume might have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor."
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9 "This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor."
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10 But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why do you bother the woman ? For she has done a good deed to Me.
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10 Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
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11 "For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me.
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11 The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me.
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12 "For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial.
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12 When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
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13 "Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her."
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13 I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."
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