^{1 Ref} Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

^{2 Ref} So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.

^{3 Ref} Mary, therefore, took a pound{a Roman pound of 12 ounces, or about 340 grams} of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

^{4 Ref} Then Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,

^{5 Ref} "Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii,{300 denarii was about a year's wages for an agricultural laborer.} and given to the poor?"

^{6 Ref} Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.

^{7 Ref} But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.

^{8 Ref} For you always have the poor with you, but you don't always have me."