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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 26, Verse 4

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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,
King James Version
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].
American Standard Version
and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
New English Translation
a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfumed oil, and she poured it on his head as he was at the table.
World English Bible
They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, 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.›
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‹Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world,› [there] ‹shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.›
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Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,