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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 26, Verse 8

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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].
King James Version
But when his disciples saw [it], they had indignation, saying, To what purpose [is] this waste?
American Standard Version
But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
New English Translation
For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!
World English Bible
But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why 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?
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And he said, ‹Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.›