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St Matthew 26:4-8 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

4. And they consulted together, that by subtilty they might apprehend Jesus, and put him to death.

5. But they said: Not on the festival day, lest perhaps there should be a tumult among the people.

6. And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,

7. There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he was at table.

8. And the disciples seeing it, had indignation, saying: To what purpose is this waste?

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