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John 11
⁵⁷ Meanwhile, the leading priests and Pharisees had publicly ordered that anyone seeing Jesus must report it immediately so they could arrest him.
John 12
¹ Six days before the Passover celebration began, Jesus arrived in Bethany, the home of Lazarus—the man he had raised from the dead.
² A dinner was prepared in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those who ate with him.
³ Then Mary took a twelve-ounce jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet with it, wiping his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance.
⁴ But Judas Iscariot, the disciple who would soon betray him, said,
⁵ “That perfume was worth a year’s wages. It should have been sold and the money given to the poor.”
⁶ Not that he cared for the poor—he was a thief, and since he was in charge of the disciples’ money, he often stole some for himself.
⁷ Jesus replied, “Leave her alone. She did this in preparation for my burial.
⁸ You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.”
⁹ When all the people heard of Jesus’ arrival, they flocked to see him and also to see Lazarus, the man Jesus had raised from the dead.
¹⁰ Then the leading priests decided to kill Lazarus, too,