John 12:1–11

¹Jesus therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where was the dead man Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from among the dead. ²There therefore they made him a supper, and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those at table with him. ³Mary therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of pure nard of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair, and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. ⁴One of his disciples therefore, Judas son of Simon, Iscariote, who was about to deliver him up, says, ⁵Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor? ⁶But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into it. ⁷Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to have kept this for the day of my preparation for burial; ⁸for ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always. ⁹A great crowd therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came, not because of Jesus only, but also that they might see Lazarus whom he raised from among the dead. ¹⁰But the chief priests took counsel that they might kill Lazarus also, ¹¹because many of the Jews went away on his account and believed on Jesus.