John 12:1-9

11Therefore, six days before 2the Passover, Jesus came to 3Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2So they made Him a dinner there, and 4Martha was serving; and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him. 35Mary then took a 6pound of very expensive 7perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4But 8Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, the one who intended to 9betray Him, said, 5“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred 10denarii and the proceeds given to poor people?” 6Now he said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he 11kept the money box, he used to 12steal from 13what was put into it. 7Therefore Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it 14for 15the day of My burial. 816For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”

9The 17large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not on account of Jesus only, but so that they might also see Lazarus, 18whom He raised from the dead.