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Then said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s
son, who should betray him,
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Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarius and given to the poor?
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This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag and would take
from what was put therein.
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Therefore Jesus said, Let her alone; against the day of my burying she has kept this;
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for the poor ye always have with you, but ye shall not always have me.
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A great multitude of the Jews therefore knew that he was there; and they came not only for Jesus’ sake, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
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So the princes of the priests took counsel that they might also put Lazarus to death
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because by reason of him many of the Jews went away and believed on Jesus.
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On the next day the multitude that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
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took branches of palm trees and went forth to meet him and cried, Hosanna; Blessed
is he that comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel.
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And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat upon it, as it is written,