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Aftertwodayswas the feast of the passover,andof unleavened bread:and the chief priestsand the scribessoughthow they might takehimbycraft, and put him to death.
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But they said, Noton the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
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Andbeing*inBethanyin the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a womanhaving an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard[a]veryprecious;and she brake the box, and poured it onhishead.
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And there weresome that had indignationwithinthemselves,andsaid, Why*wasthiswaste of the ointmentmade?
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Foritmight have been sold for more than three hundredpence,and have been given to the poor.And they murmured againsther.
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AndJesussaid, Letheralone; why trouble ye*her? she hath wrought a goodworkonme.
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For ye have the poorwithyoualways,andwhensoever ye will ye maydothemgood:butme ye havenotalways.
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She hath donewhatshe*could: she is come aforehand to anointmybodyto the burying.
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Verily I say unto you,Wheresoever*thisgospel shall be preachedthroughout the wholeworld, this alsothatshe* hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
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AndJudasIscariot,one of the twelve,wentunto the chief priests,tobetrayhim unto them.
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And when they heard it, they were glad, andpromised to givehimmoney.And he soughthow he might convenientlybetrayhim.
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And the firstday of unleavened bread,when they killed[b] the passover,hisdisciplessaid unto him,Where wilt thou that we go and preparethat thou mayest eat the passover?
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And he sendeth forthtwo of hisdisciples,andsaith unto them,Go yeinto the city,and there shall meetyou a manbearing a pitcher of water:followhim.
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Andwheresoeverhe shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house*, The Mastersaith, Whereis the guestchamber,where I shall eat the passoverwithmydisciples?
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Andhe will shewyou a large upper roomfurnished and prepared:there make ready for us.
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Andhisdisciples went forth, andcameinto the city,andfoundas he had said unto them:and they made ready the passover.
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And as theysatand did eat, Jesussaid, Verily I say unto you*, Oneofyouwhicheatethwithme shall betrayme.
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And they began to be sorrowful, and tosay unto him one by one*, Is it I?andanothersaid, Is it I?
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And he answered and said unto them,It is oneof the twelve, that dippethwithmein the dish.
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The Son of manindeedgoeth, as it is writtenofhim:butwoe to thatmanbywhom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for thatmanifhehadnever been born.
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And as they did eat, Jesustookbread, and blessed, and brake it, andgave to them,andsaid, Take, eat: thisismybody.
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And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them:and they alldrankofit.
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And he said unto them,Thisismyblood of the newtestament,which is shedformany.
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Verily I say unto you, I willdrink no more*of the fruit of the vine,untilthatdaythat I drinkitnewin the kingdom of God.
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And when they had sung an hymn,[c] they went outinto the mount of Olives.