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Matthew 26:4-15 Young's Literal Translation Of The Holy Bible (YLT98)

4. and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill [him],

5. and they said, `Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.'

6. And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

7. there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious, and she poured on his head as he is reclining (at meat).

8. And having seen [it], his disciples were much displeased, saying, `To what purpose [is] this waste?

9. for this ointment could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.'

10. And Jesus having known, said to them, `Why do ye give trouble to the woman? for a good work she wrought for me;

11. for the poor always ye have with you, and me ye have not always;

12. for she having put this ointment on my body--for my burial she did [it].

13. Verily I say to you, Wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this [one] did shall also be spoken of--for a memorial of her.'

14. Then one of the twelve, who is called Judas Iscariot, having gone unto the chief priests, said,

15. `What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you?' and they weighed out to him thirty silverlings,

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