11Jesus, therefore, sixdaysbefore2the Passover, came to 3BethanywhereLazarus was, whomJesus had raised from the dead.
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So they made Him a supperthere, and 4Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of thosereclining at the table with Him.
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5Marythentook a pound of verycostly6perfume of purenard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
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But 7JudasIscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to betray Him, said,
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"Why* was thisperfume not sold for threehundreddenarii and given to poor people?"
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Now he saidthis, not because he was concernedabout the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he 8had the moneybox, he used to pilfer9what was put into it.
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ThereforeJesussaid, "Let her alone, so that she may keep it for 10the day of My burial.
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"11For you alwayshave the poor with you, but you do not alwayshave Me."
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The 12largecrowd of the Jewsthenlearned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus'sakeonly, but that they might alsoseeLazarus, 13whom He raised from the dead.
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But the chiefpriestsplanned to putLazarus to deathalso;
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because14on account of him 15many of the Jews were goingaway and were believing in Jesus.
Jesus Enters Jerusalem
12 On the nextday16the largecrowd who had come to 17the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
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took the branches of the palmtrees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, "18Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, even the 19King of Israel."
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Jesus, finding a youngdonkey, sat on it; as it is written,
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"20FEAR NOT, DAUGHTER OF ZION; BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING, SEATED ON A DONKEY'SCOLT."
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21Thesethings His disciples did not understand at the first; but whenJesus22was glorified, then they remembered that thesethings were written of Him, and that they had donethesethings to Him.
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So23the people, who were with Him when He calledLazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him.
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24For thisreasonalso the peoplewent and met Him, 25because they heard that He had performedthissign.
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So the Phariseessaid to oneanother, "You see that you are not doinganygood; look, the world has goneafter Him."