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“The wise ones answered, ‘No, there won’t be enough for us and for you. Go instead to those who sell oil, and buy some for yourselves.’

Later the rest of the virgins also came and said, ‘Master, master, open up for us!’

“For it is just like a man about to go on a journey.

For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him

And throw this good-for-nothing servant into the outer darkness,

“‘For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you took me in;

“And the King will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

“Then he will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels!

For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink;

“Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

“This might have been sold for a great deal and given to the poor.”

Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a noble thing for me.

By pouring this perfume on my body, she has prepared me for burial.

and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” So they weighed out thirty pieces of silver for him.

And from that time he started looking for a good opportunity to betray him.

On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”

For this is my blood of the covenant,

Then Jesus said to them, “Tonight all of you will fall away because of me, for it is written:

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death,

They conferred together and bought the potter’s field with it as a burial place for foreigners.