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Ye know that after two days the passover cometh, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.
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Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;
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and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
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But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among people.
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Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
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there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.
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But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
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For this [ointment] might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
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But Jesus perceiving it said unto them,
Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
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For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
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For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.