Matthew 26:2-13
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2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
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3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
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4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
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5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
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6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
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7 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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8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
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9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
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10 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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11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
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12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
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13 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.