[55] And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
\n[56] Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?
\n[57] Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.
\n[1] Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
\n[2] There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
\n[3] Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
\n[4] Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,
\n[5] Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
\n[6] This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
\n[7] Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
\n[8] For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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