012:002 So they gave a dinner there in honour of Jesus, at which
Martha waited at table, but Lazarus was one of the guests
who were with Him.
012:003 Availing herself of the opportunity, Mary took a pound weight
of pure spikenard, very costly, and poured it over His feet,
and wiped His feet with her hair, so that the house was filled
with the fragrance of the perfume.
012:004 Then said Judas (the Iscariot, one of the Twelve--the one
who afterwards betrayed Jesus),
012:005 "Why was not that perfume sold for 300 shillings and the money
given to the poor?"
012:006 The reason he said this was not that he cared for the poor,
but that he was a thief, and that being in charge of the money-box,
he used to steal what was put into it.
012:007 But Jesus interposed. "Do not blame her," He said, "allow her
to have kept it for the time of my preparation for burial.
012:008 For the poor you always have with you, but you have not me always."
012:009 Now it became widely known among the Jews that Jesus was there;
but they came not only on His account, but also in order
to see Lazarus whom He had brought back to life.
012:010 The High Priests, however, consulted together to put Lazarus
also to death,
012:011 for because of him many of the Jews left them and became
believers in Jesus.
012:012 The next day a great crowd of those who had come to the Festival,
hearing that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
012:013 took branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him,
shouting as they went, "God save him! Blessings on him who
comes in the name of the Lord--even on the King of Israel!"
012:014 And Jesus, having procured a young ass, sat upon it,