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^(a)Jesus, therefore, six days before ^(b)the Passover, came to ^(c)Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

So they made Him a supper there, and ^(d)Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

^(e)Mary then took a ^[a]pound of very costly ^(f)perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

But ^(g)Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to ^[b]betray Him, *said,

"Why was this perfume not sold for ^[c]three hundred denarii and given to poor people?"

Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he ^(h)had the money box, he used to pilfer ⁽ⁱ⁾what was put into it.

Therefore Jesus said, "Let her alone, so that she may keep ^[d]it for ^(j)the day of My burial.

^(k)For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."