Psalm 36:5-10
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5 Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the clouds.
6 (A)Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
(B)your judgments are like the great deep;
man and beast you (C)save, O Lord.
7 (D)How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
The children of mankind take refuge (E)in the shadow of your wings.
8 They feast on (F)the abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from (G)the river of (H)your delights.
9 For with you is (I)the fountain of life;
(J)in your light do we see light.
10 Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who (K)know you,
and your righteousness to (L)the upright of heart!
Hebrews 11:39-12:3
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39 And all these, (A)though commended through their faith, (B)did not receive what was promised, 40 since God had provided something better for us, (C)that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith
12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and (D)sin which clings so closely, and (E)let us run (F)with endurance the race that is (G)set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, (H)who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising (I)the shame, and (J)is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Do Not Grow Weary
3 (K)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or (L)fainthearted.
John 12:1-11
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Mary Anoints Jesus at Bethany
12 Six days before (A)the Passover, (B)Jesus therefore came to Bethany, (C)where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they gave a dinner for him there. (D)Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. 3 (E)Mary therefore took a pound[a] of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, 5 “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii[b] and (F)given to the poor?” 6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and (G)having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it. 7 Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it[c] for the day of my burial. 8 For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.”
The Plot to Kill Lazarus
9 When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus[d] was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, (H)whom he had raised from the dead. 10 (I)So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well, 11 because (J)on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.
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Mark 14:3-9
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Jesus Anointed at Bethany
3 (A)And while he was at (B)Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,[a] as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. 4 There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that? 5 For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii[b] and (C)given to the poor.” And they (D)scolded her. 6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 For (E)you always have the poor with you, and whenever (F)you want, you can do good for them. But (G)you will not always have me. 8 (H)She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand (I)for burial. 9 And truly, I say to you, wherever (J)the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told (K)in memory of her.”
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- Mark 14:3 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
- Mark 14:5 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer
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