John 12
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John 12:3-8

3Then Mary took three quarters of a pound of expensive aromatic oil from pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus. She then wiped his feet dry with her hair. (Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.)

4But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was going to betray him) said,

5“Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?”

6(Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)

7So Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.

8For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”

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