12 ¹ SIX DAYS BEFORE the Passover festival Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived whom he had raised from the dead. 12 ² There a supper was given in his honour, at which Martha served, and Lazarus sat among the guests with Jesus. 12 ³ Then Mary brought a pound of very costly perfume, pure oil of nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped them with her hair, till the house was filled with the fragrance. 12 ⁴ At this, Judas Iscariot, a disciple of his—the one who was to betray him—said, 12 ⁵ 'Why was this perfume not sold for thirty pounds Literally 300 denarii. and given to the poor?' 12 ⁶ He said this, not out of any care for the poor, but because he was a thief; he used to pilfer the money put into the common purse, which was in his charge. 12 ⁷ 'Leave her alone', said Jesus. 'Let her keep it till the day when a she prepares for my burial, 12 ⁸ for you have the poor among you always, but you will not always have me.' Some witnesses omit: for you have ... have me.