John 12:1-11

1 Six days before Pesach, Yeshua came to Beit-Anyah, where El`azar lived, the man Yeshua had raised from the dead;

2 so they gave a dinner there in his honor. Marta served the meal, and El`azar was among those at the table with him.

3 Miryam took a whole pint of pure oil of spikenard, which is very expensive, poured it on Yeshua's feet and wiped his feet with her hair, so that the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

4 But one of the talmidim, Y'hudah from K'riot, the one who was about to betray him, said,

5 "This perfume is worth a year's wages! Why wasn't it sold and the money given to the poor?"

6 Now he said this not out of concern for the poor, but because he was a thief -- he was in charge of the common purse and used to steal from it.

7 Yeshua said, "Leave her alone! She kept this for the day of my burial.

8 You always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me."

9 A large crowd of Judeans learned that he was there; and they came not only because of Yeshua, but also so that they could see El`azar, whom he had raised from the dead.

10 The head cohanim then decided to do away with El`azar too,

11 since it was because of him that large numbers of the Judeans were leaving their leaders and putting their trust in Yeshua.