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a woman came to Him with a jar of very costly, sweet-scented ointment, which she poured over His head as He reclined at table.
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"Why such waste?" indignantly exclaimed the disciples;
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"for this might have been sold for a considerable sum, and the money given to the poor."
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But Jesus heard it, and said to them, "Why are you vexing her? For she has done a most gracious act towards me.
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The poor you always have with you, but me you have not always.
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In pouring this ointment over me, her object was to prepare me for burial.
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In solemn truth I tell you that wherever in the whole world this Good News shall be proclaimed, this deed of hers shall be spoken of in memory of her."
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At that time one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the High Priests
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and said, "What are you willing to give me if I betray him to you?" So they weighed out to him thirty shekels,
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and from that moment he was on the look out for an opportunity to betray Him.
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On the first day of the Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus with the question, "Where shall we make preparations for you to eat the Passover?"