1Therefore Jesus came to Bethany six days before the Passover lamb, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.2So they prepared a dinner for him there, and Martha served, while Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him.3Then Mary took a pound of pure, valuable nard ointment, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.4Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples who was about to deliver him, said this.5Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?6He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief and, since he had the moneybag, he used to carry what was put into it.7Jesus therefore said, "Release her, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial."8For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.9A great crowd of the Jews therefore learned that he was there and came, not only on account of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.10So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus as well.11Because many of the Jews were going away on account of him and were believing in Jesus.