John 12:1-6 ▼

1 Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.

2 They, therefore, made Him a supper there; and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with Him.

3 Mary, therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of pure spikenard, very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.

4 But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was about to betray Him, says,

5 "Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?"

6 And he said this, not because he cared about the poor; but because he was a thief; and, having the money-box, he was wont to carry what was put therein .