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Matthew - ch 26 v 1 - 20
- And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these words, he said unto his disciples,
- Ye know that after two days the passover cometh, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.
- Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;
- and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
- But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among people.
- Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
- there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.
- But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
- For this `ointment' might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
- But Jesus perceiving it said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
- For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
- For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
- Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
- Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
- and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver.
- And from that time he sought opportunity to deliver him `unto them.'
- Now on the first `day' of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we make ready for thee to eat the passover?
- And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Teacher saith, My time is at hand; I keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
- And the disciples did as Jesus appointed them; and they made ready the passover.
- Now when even was come, he was sitting at meat with the twelve disciples;
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