| 1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived at Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
2 Here a dinner was given in Jesus\' honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him.
3 Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus\' feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
4 But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected,
5 \"Why wasn\'t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year\'s wages. \"
6 He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.
7 \"Leave her alone,\" Jesus replied. \"It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.
8 You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.\"
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