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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 26, Verse 5

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And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].
King James Version
But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar among the people.
American Standard Version
But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among people.
New English Translation
When the disciples saw this, they became indignant and said,“Why this waste?
World English Bible
But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur 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,
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And said [unto them], What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.