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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."
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So the followers left and went into the city. Everything happened as Jesus had said, so they prepared the Passover meal.
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In the evening, Jesus went to that house with the twelve.
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While they were all eating, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, one of you will turn against me -- one of you eating with me now."