John 12:1–11

Then ^aJesus six days before ^bthe passover came to ^cBethany, where ^dLazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. ²There ^ethey made him a supper; and ^fgMartha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. ³Then took ^gMary ^ha pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and ⁱanointed the feet of Jesus, and ^kwiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. ⁴Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, ^lSimon’s son, which should betray him, ⁵Why was not this ointment sold ^mfor three hundred pence, and given to the poor? ⁶This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and ⁿhad the bag, and ^obare what was put therein. ⁷Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my ^pburying hath she kept this. ⁸For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

⁹Much people of ^qthe Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, ^rwhom he had raised from the dead. ¹⁰But ^sthe chief priests ^tconsulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; ¹¹Because ^uthat by reason of him ^xmany of ^qthe Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.