Mark 14:1–11 · BSB
14:1
Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.
14:2
“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
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14:3
While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
14:4
Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?
14:5
It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.
14:6
But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
14:7
The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
14:8
She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.
14:9
And truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
14:10
Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.
14:11
They were delighted to hear this, and they promised to give him money. So Judas began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
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