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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 26, Verse 2

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And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,
King James Version
‹Ye know that after two days is› [the feast of] ‹the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.›
American Standard Version
Ye know that after two days the passover cometh, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.
New English Translation
But they said,“Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”
World English Bible
"You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."
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Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
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And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].
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But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar among the people.
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Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
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There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat [at meat].
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But when his disciples saw [it], they had indignation, saying, To what purpose [is] this waste?
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For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
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When Jesus understood [it], he said unto them, ‹Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.›
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‹For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.›
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‹For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did› [it] ‹for my burial.›