1 Then Jesus, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
2 Therefore they made Him a supper there; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of the ones reclining at table with Him.
3 Then Mary took a pound of ointment, of very valuable pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
4 But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was about to betray Him, said,
5 Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?
6 But he said this not because it mattered to him concerning the poor, but because he was a thief, and holding the purse, carried off what was put into it.
7 Then Jesus said, Leave her alone; she has reserved it for the day of My burial.
8 For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have Me.
— John 12:1-8
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