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12 · ho Six hex days hēmera before pro the ho Passover pascha, Jesus Iēsous came erchomai to eis Bethany Bēthania, where hopou Lazarus Lazaros was eimi, whom hos he Iēsous had raised egeirō from ek the dead nekros. So oun they made poieō a dinner deipnon for him autos there ekei. · kai · ho Martha Martha was serving diakoneō, · ho and de Lazarus Lazaros was eimi one heis of ek those ho reclining anakeimai at the table with syn him autos. · ho Mary Mariam took lambanō more than a pint litra of expensive polytimos perfume myron made of pure pistikos nard nardos and anointed aleiphō the ho feet pous of ho Jesus Iēsous and kai dried ekmassō them with ho her autos hair thrix. The ho · de house oikia was filled plēroō with ek the ho fragrance osmē of the ho perfume myron. But de Judas Ioudas · ho Iscariot Iskariōtēs, one heis of ek · ho his autos disciples mathētēs ( the ho one who would mellō betray paradidōmi him autos) said legō, Why dia tis was not ou this houtos · ho perfume myron sold pipraskō for three triakosioi hundred denarii dēnarion and kai the money given didōmi to the poor ptōchos?” He said legō · de this houtos, not ou because hoti he autos was concerned melei about peri the ho poor ptōchos, but alla because hoti he was eimi a thief kleptēs, and kai as keeper of echō the ho money glōssokomon box , he used to help himself to bastazō what ho was put ballō into it. Jesus Iēsous therefore oun said legō, · ho Leave aphiēmi her autos alone. She had to keep tēreō this perfume autos for eis the ho day hēmera of ho my egō burial entaphiasmos. For gar you will echō always pantote have echō the ho poor ptōchos with meta you heautou, but de you will echō not ou always pantote have echō me egō.”

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Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

12 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. So they made him a dinner there, and Martha was serving, but Lazarus was one of the ones reclining at table with him. Then Mary took a pound[a] of ointment of very valuable genuine nard and[b] anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was going to betray him) said, Why[c] was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” (Now he said this not because he was concerned[d] about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)[e] So Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my preparation for burial. For you have the poor with you always, but you do not always have me.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:3 The Greek term refers to a Roman pound, 327.45 grams (approximately 12 ounces)
  2. John 12:3 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. John 12:5 Literally “because of what”
  4. John 12:6 Literally “it was a concern to him”
  5. John 12:6 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation