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The disciples were indignant when they saw this. “What a waste!” they said.
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“It could have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.”
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But Jesus, aware of this, replied, “Why criticize this woman for doing such a good thing to me?
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You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.
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She has poured this perfume on me to prepare my body for burial.
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I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman’s deed will be remembered and discussed.”
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Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went to the leading priests
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and asked, “How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?” And they gave him thirty pieces of silver.
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From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
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On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal for you?”
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“As you go into the city,” he told them, “you will see a certain man. Tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My time has come, and I will eat the Passover meal with my disciples at your house.’”