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Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,
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there came unto Him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on His head as He sat at meat.
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But when His disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "To what purpose is this waste?
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For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor."
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When Jesus perceived this, He said unto them, "Why trouble ye the woman? For she hath wrought a good work upon Me.
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For ye have the poor always with you, but Me ye have not always.
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For in that she hath poured this ointment on My body, she did it for My burial.
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Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, which this woman hath done, be told as a memorial of her."
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Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests
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and said unto them, "What will ye give me if I will deliver Him unto you?" And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
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And from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.