John 12:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
John 12:1 ESV
Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
John 12:2 ESV
So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table.
John 12:3 ESV
Mary therefore took a pound 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.
John 12:4 ESV
But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said
John 12:5 ESV
“Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”
John 12:6 ESV
He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.
John 12:7 ESV
Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial.
John 12:8 ESV
For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.”





