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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 26, Verse 6

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But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar among the people.
King James Version
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
American Standard Version
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
New English Translation
It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!”
World English Bible
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.
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And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.