The Plot to Kill Jesus

14 After^(A) two days it was the Passover^(B) and the Festival^(C) of Unleavened Bread.^(D) The chief priests and the scribes^(E) were looking for a treacherous^(F) way to arrest and kill Him.^{(G) 2} “Not during the festival,” they said, “or there may be rioting among the people.”

The Anointing at Bethany

³ While^(H) He was in Bethany^(I) at the house of Simon who had a serious skin disease,^(J) as He was reclining at the table,^(K) a woman came with an alabaster jar of pure and expensive fragrant oil of nard. She broke the jar and poured it on His head.^{(L) 4} But some were expressing indignation to one another: “Why has this fragrant oil been wasted? ⁵ For this oil might have been sold for more than 300 denarii^(M) and given to the poor.”^(N) And they began to scold her.

⁶ Then Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a noble thing^(O) for Me. ⁷ You always have the poor^(P) with you, and you can do what is good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have Me.^{(Q) 8} She has done what she could; she has anointed My body^(R) in advance for burial.^{(S) 9} I assure you:^(T) Wherever the gospel^(U) is proclaimed in the whole world,^(V) what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”

¹⁰ Then^(W) Judas Iscariot,^(X) one of the Twelve,^(Y) went to the chief priests^(Z) to hand Him over^(AA) to them. ¹¹ And when they heard this, they were glad and promised to give him silver.^[a](AB) So he started looking for a good opportunity to betray^(AC) Him.