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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 26, Verse 7

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Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
King James Version
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].
American Standard Version
there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.
New English Translation
When Jesus learned of this, he said to them,“Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me.
World English Bible
a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.
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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.
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Now the first [day] of the [feast of] unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?