Matthew 26:1–16 · BSB
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When Jesus had finished saying all these things, He told His disciples,
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“You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
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At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
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and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
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“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
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While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,
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a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.
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When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?
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This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”
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Aware of this, Jesus asked, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
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The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
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By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.
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Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
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Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
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and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
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So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
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