Matthew 26:6-16 (Gospel)
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And when Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, |
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a woman came to Him having an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil, and she poured it on His head as He sat at the table. |
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But when His disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste? |
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For this fragrant oil might have been sold for much and given to the poor. |
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But when Jesus was aware of it, He said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a good work for Me. |
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For you have the poor with you always, but Me you do not have always. |
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For in pouring this fragrant oil on My body, she did it for My burial. |
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Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her. |
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Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests |
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and said, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?" And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver. |
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So from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him. |