Matthew 26:4-16

4 aand plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. 5But they said, “Not during the feast, blest there be an uproar among the people.”

Jesus Anointed at Bethany

6 cNow when Jesus was at dBethany in the house of Simon the leper,
Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
7a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. 8And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? 9For this could have been sold for a large sum and fgiven to the poor.” 10But gJesus, aware of this, said to them, Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. 11For hyou always have the poor with you, but iyou will not always have me. 12In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it jto prepare me for burial. 13Truly, I say to you, wherever kthis gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told lin memory of her.”

Judas to Betray Jesus

14 mThen one of the twelve, whose name was nJudas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they opaid him pthirty pieces of silver. 16And from that moment he sought an opportunity qto betray him.

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