⁶Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, who had a skin disease. ⁷While Jesus was there, a woman approached him with an alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. She poured this perfume on Jesus’ head while he was eating.

⁸His followers were upset when they saw the woman do this. They asked, “Why waste that perfume? ⁹It could have been sold for a great deal of money and the money given to the poor.”

¹⁰Knowing what had happened, Jesus said, “Why are you troubling this woman? She did an excellent thing for me. ¹¹You will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. ¹²This woman poured perfume on my body to prepare me for burial. ¹³I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached in all the world, what this woman has done will be told, and people will remember her.”

Judas Becomes an Enemy of Jesus

¹⁴Then one of the twelve apostles, Judas Iscariot, went to talk to the leading priests. ¹⁵He said, “What will you pay me for giving Jesus to you?” And they gave him thirty silver coins. ¹⁶After that, Judas watched for the best time to turn Jesus in.

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