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And there were some that had indignation within themselves and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
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For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarius and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
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But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? She has wrought a good work on me.
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For ye have the poor with you always, and whenever ye will, ye may do them good; but me ye have not always.
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She has done what she could, for she has anticipated anointing my body for the burial.
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Verily I say unto you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world,
this also that she has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
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Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, came unto the princes of the priests to deliver him unto them.
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And when they heard
it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
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And the first day
of the feast of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou may eat the passover?
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And he sends forth two of his disciples and said unto them, Go into the city, and a man shall meet you bearing a pitcher of water; follow him.
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And wherever he shall go in, say to the husband of the house, The Master says, Where is the guestchamber where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?