The Plot Against Jesus
1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he said to his disciples,
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“As you know, the Passover is two days away—and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
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Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
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and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.
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“But not during the festival,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
Jesus Anointed at Bethany
6 While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,
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a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.
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When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked.
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“This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”
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Aware of this, Jesus said to them,
“Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
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The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me.