Mark 14:1
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Mark 14:1
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Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill {Him;}
Mark 14:2
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for they were saying, "Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the people."
Mark 14:3
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While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining {at the table,} there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; {and} she broke the vial and poured it over His head.
Mark 14:4
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But some were indignantly {remarking} to one another, "Why has this perfume been wasted?
Mark 14:5
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~"For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred (The denarius was equivalent to a day's wages) denarii, and {the money} given to the poor." And they were scolding her.
Mark 14:6
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But Jesus said, "Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good deed to Me.
Mark 14:7
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~"For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me.
Mark 14:8
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~"She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial.
Mark 14:9
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~"Truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her."
Mark 14:10
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Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests in order to betray Him to them.
Mark 14:11
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They were glad when they heard {this,} and promised to give him money. And he {began} seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time.
Mark 14:12
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On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover {lamb} was being sacrificed, His disciples *said to Him, "Where do You want us to go and prepare for You to eat the Passover?"
Mark 14:13
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And He *sent two of His disciples and *said to them, "Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him;
Mark 14:14
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and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, `The Teacher says, "Where is My guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?"'
Mark 14:15
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~"And he himself will show you a large upper room furnished {and} ready; prepare for us there."
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