John 12:1–9

¹Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.↗

²So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.↗

³Therefore Mary took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.↗

⁴Then Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,↗

⁵“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”↗

⁶Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.↗

⁷But Jesus said,“Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.↗

⁸For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.”↗

⁹A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.↗