John 12
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John 12:3-5

3Mary took a bottle of very expensive perfume made from pure nard and poured it on Jesus’ feet. Then she dried his feet with her hair. The fragrance of the perfume filled the house.

4One of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray him, asked,

5“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for a high price and the money given to the poor?”

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