Matthew 26
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Matthew 26:7-12

7a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table.

8And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?

9For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor."

10But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.

11For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.

12In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial.

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