⁶And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious, and she poured on his head as he is reclining (at meat). ⁸And having seen it, his disciples were much displeased, saying, ‘To what purpose is this waste? ⁹for this ointment could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.’ ¹⁰And Jesus having known, said to them, ‘Why do ye give trouble to the woman? for a good work she wrought for me; ¹¹for the poor always ye have with you, and me ye have not always; ¹²for she having put this ointment on my body—for my burial she did it. ¹³Verily I say to you, Wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this one did shall also be spoken of—for a memorial of her.’

¹⁴Then one of the twelve, who is called Judas Iscariot, having gone unto the chief priests, said, ¹⁵‘What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you?’ and they weighed out to him thirty silverlings, ¹⁶and from that time he was seeking a convenient season to deliver him up.

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