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It was worth a full year's work. It could have been sold and the money given to the poor." And they got very angry with the woman.
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Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you troubling her? She did an excellent thing for me.
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You will always have the poor with you, and you can help them anytime you want. But you will not always have me.
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This woman did the only thing she could do for me; she poured perfume on my body to prepare me for burial.
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I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached in all the world, what this woman has done will be told, and people will remember her."
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One of the twelve apostles, Judas Iscariot, went to talk to the leading priests to offer to hand Jesus over to them.
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These priests were pleased about this and promised to pay Judas money. So he watched for the best time to turn Jesus in.
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It was now the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread when the Passover lamb was sacrificed. Jesus' followers said to him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover meal?"
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Jesus sent two of his followers and said to them, "Go into the city and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.
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When he goes into a house, tell the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says: Where is my guest room in which I can eat the Passover meal with my followers?'
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The owner will show you a large room upstairs that is furnished and ready. Prepare the food for us there."