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Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, that He said to His disciples,
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"You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."
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Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
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and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.
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But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people."
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And when Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,
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a woman came to Him having an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil, and she poured it on His head as He sat at the table.
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But when His disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?