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Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, he that was about to betray him, said:
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Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor?
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Now he said this not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief and, having the purse, carried the things that were put therein.
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Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial.
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For the poor you have always with you: but me you have not always.
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A great multitude therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
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But the chief priests thought to kill Lazarus also:
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Because many of the Jews, by reason of him, went away and believed in Jesus.
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And on the next day, a great multitude that was come to the festival day, when they had 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 cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel.
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And Jesus found a young ass and sat upon it, as it is written: