12Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. ²So they made him a dinner there, and Martha was serving, but Lazarus was one of the ones reclining at table with him. ³Then Mary took a pound^a of ointment of very valuable genuine 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. ⁴But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was going to betray him) said, ⁵“Why^b was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” ⁶(Now he said this not because he was concerned^c about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)^* ⁷So Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my preparation for burial. ⁸For you have the poor with you always, but you do not always have me.”

The Decision to Kill Lazarus

⁹Now a large crowd^d of Jews found out that he was there, and they came, not only because of Jesus, but so that they could see Lazarus also, whom he raised from the dead. ¹⁰So the chief priests decided that they would kill Lazarus also, ¹¹because on account of him many of the Jews were going and believing in Jesus.

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Footnotes

aThe Greek term refers to a Roman pound, 327.45 grams (approximately 12 ounces)
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb
bLiterally “because of what”
cLiterally “it was a concern to him”
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
dSome manuscripts have “the large crowd”