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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.
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Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
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Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
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and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver.
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And from that time he sought opportunity to deliver him [unto them.]
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Now on the first [day] of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we make ready for thee to eat the passover?