Then, from that day, they
were in agreement to put Him to death. Jesus, therefore, no longer
walked openly among the Jews but went to a country near the wilderness,
into a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with His disciples.
Passover was near at hand. Many people went to Jerusalem in order to
purify themselves. Then they looked for Jesus. As they stood in the
temple, they said to eachother, What do you think? Will He stay away
from the feast? The chief priests and Pharisees had given an order
that, if any man knew where Jesus was, he should speak out so they
could arrest Him.
12. Six days before the passover, Jesus went to Bethany where He
had raised Lazarus from the dead. There they made Him a supper. Martha
served. Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him. Then
Mary took a pound of very costly ointment of spikenard and anointed the
feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair. The house was filled
with the fragrance of the ointment.
Then one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who would betray Him, said,
Why was this ointment not sold for its great worth and the money given
to the poor? He said this, not out of concern for the poor but, because
he was a thief who held their money bag and controlled what was put in
it. Jesus said, Leave her alone. She has saved this toward the day of
my burial.
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