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When she poured this perfume on my body, what she really did was anoint me for burial.
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You can be sure that wherever in the whole world the Message is preached, what she has just done is going to be remembered and admired."
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That is when one of the Twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the cabal of high priests
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and said, "What will you give me if I hand him over to you?" They settled on thirty silver pieces.
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He began looking for just the right moment to hand him over.
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On the first of the Days of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to prepare your Passover meal?"
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He said, "Enter the city. Go up to a certain man and say, 'The Teacher says, My time is near. I and my disciples plan to celebrate the Passover meal at your house.'"
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The disciples followed Jesus' instructions to the letter, and prepared the Passover meal.
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After sunset, he and the Twelve were sitting around the table.
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During the meal, he said, "I have something hard but important to say to you: One of you is going to hand me over to the conspirators."
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They were stunned, and then began to ask, one after another, "It isn't me, is it, Master?"