12:1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he ¹  had raised from the dead. 12:2 So they prepared a dinner for Jesus ²  there. Martha ³  was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table ⁴  with him. 12:3 Then Mary took three quarters of a pound ⁵  of expensive aromatic oil from pure nard ⁶  and anointed the feet of Jesus. She ⁷  then wiped his feet dry with her hair. (Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.) ⁸  12:4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was going to betray him) ⁹  said, 12:5 “Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins ¹⁰  and the money ¹¹  given to the poor?” 12:6 (Now Judas ¹²  said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, ¹³  he used to steal what was put into it.) ¹⁴  12:7 So Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial. ¹⁵  12:8 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!” ¹⁶