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12 When she poured this perfume on my body, what she really did was anoint me for burial.
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When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
13 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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Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”
14 That is when one of the Twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the cabal of high priests
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Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests
15 and said, "What will you give me if I hand him over to you?" They settled on thirty silver pieces.
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and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver.
16 He began looking for just the right moment to hand him over.
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From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.
17 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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On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”
18 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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He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’ ”
19 The disciples followed Jesus' instructions to the letter, and prepared the Passover meal.
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So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.
20 After sunset, he and the Twelve were sitting around the table.
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When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve.
21 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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And while they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”
22 They were stunned, and then began to ask, one after another, "It isn't me, is it, Master?"
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They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely you don’t mean me, Lord?”
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