John 12:1-8 ▼

1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, the one Jesus had raised from the dead.

2 So they gave a dinner for him there; Martha was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with him.

3 Then Mary took a pound of perfume, pure and expensive nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped his feet with her hair. So the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

4 Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was about to betray him), said,

5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor? ”

6 He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.

7 Jesus answered, “Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of my burial.

8 For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”