³⁶ And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.

³ And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure nard very costly; `and' she brake the cruse, and poured it over his head.

⁴ But there were some that had indignation among themselves, `saying', To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?

⁵ For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

⁶ But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

⁷ For ye have the poor always with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do them good: but me ye have not always.

⁸ She hath done what she could; she hath anointed my body beforehand for the burying.

⁹ And verily I say unto you, Wheresoever the gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

⁵ But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among people.

⁶ Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

³⁷ Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

¹ And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

³⁴ The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

² And it was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

³ The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

⁴ But when Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.

⁵ Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

⁶ When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.

⁷ Then after this he saith to the disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

⁸ The disciples say unto him, Rabbi, the Jews were but now seeking to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?

⁹ Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

¹⁰ But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.

¹¹ These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

¹² The disciples therefore said unto him, Lord, if he is fallen asleep, he will recover.

¹³ Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they thought that he spake of taking rest in sleep.

¹⁴ Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

¹⁵ And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.

¹⁶ Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said unto his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.