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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 Anointed at Bethany(A)

12 Six days before the Passover,(B) Jesus came to Bethany,(C) where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served,(D) while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. Then Mary took about a pint[a] of pure nard, an expensive perfume;(E) she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair.(F) And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him,(G) objected, “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.[b] He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag,(H) he used to help himself to what was put into it.

“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.(I) You will always have the poor among you,[c](J) but you will not always have me.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:3 Or about 0.5 liter
  2. John 12:5 Greek three hundred denarii
  3. John 12:8 See Deut. 15:11.