Jesus Anointed at Bethany
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c And being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as He sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster flask of very costly oil of spikenard. Then she broke the flask and poured it on His head.
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But there were some who were indignant among themselves, and said, "Why was this fragrant oil wasted?
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"For it might have been sold for more than three hundred d denarii and given to the poor." And they e criticized her sharply.
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But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me.
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f "For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you wish you may do them good; g but Me you do not have always.
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"She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for burial.
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"Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is h preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her."
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Cross References
Matthew 26:6
And when Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper.
Luke 7:37
And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil.
John 12:1
Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead.
John 12:3
Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
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Cross References
Matthew 18:28
"But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'
Mark 12:15
"Shall we pay, or shall we not pay?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test Me? Bring Me a denarius that I may see it."
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Cross References
Matthew 20:11
And when they had received it, they complained against the landowner.
John 6:61
When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, "Does this offend you?
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:11
"For the poor will never cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, 'You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.'
Matthew 26:11
For you have the poor with you always, but Me you do not have always.
John 12:8
"For the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always."
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Cross References
John 7:33
Then Jesus said to them, "I shall be with you a...
John 8:21
Then Jesus said to them again, "I am going away...
John 14:2
In My Father's house are many mansions; if it w...
John 14:12
Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes i...
John 16:10
Of righteousness, because I go to My Father and...
John 16:17
Then some of His disciples said among themselve...
John 16:28
"I came forth from the Father and have come int...
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Cross References
Matthew 28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
Mark 16:15
And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Luke 24:47
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
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