1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.2 So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table.3 Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said,5 “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.7 Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial.8 For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.”9 When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.10 So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well,11 because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.
Mark 14
1 It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him,2 for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.”3 And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.4 There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that?5 For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they scolded her.6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me.8 She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial.9 And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”
Matthew
1 Vả, Đức Chúa Jêsus đã phán những lời ấy xong rồi, thì phán cùng môn-đồ rằng:2 Các ngươi biết rằng còn hai ngày nữa thì đến lễ Vượt-qua, và Con người sẽ bị nộp để chịu đóng đinh trên cây thập-tự.3 Bấy giờ các thầy tế-lễ cả và các trưởng-lão trong dân nhóm lại trong tòa thầy cả thượng-phẩm tên là Cai-phe;4 và bàn với nhau dùng mưu-chước gì đặng bắt Đức Chúa Jêsus mà giết.5 Song họ nói rằng: Không nên làm trong ngày lễ, e trong dân-chúng sanh ra điều xào-xạc chăng.6 Khi Đức Chúa Jêsus ở làng Bê-tha-ni, tại nhà Si-môn là người phung,7 có một người đàn-bà cầm cái chai bằng ngọc trắng đựng dầu thơm quí-giá lắm, đến gần mà đổ trên đầu Ngài đương khi ngồi ăn.8 Môn-đồ thấy vậy, giận mà trách rằng: Sao phí của như vậy?9 Dầu nầy có thể bán được nhiều tiền và lấy mà bố thí cho kẻ nghèo-nàn.10 Đức Chúa Jêsus biết điều đó, bèn phán cùng môn-đồ rằng: Sao các ngươi làm khó cho người đàn-bà đó? Người đã làm việc tốt cho ta;11 vì các ngươi thường có kẻ nghèo ở cùng mình, song sẽ không có ta ở cùng luôn luôn.12 Người đổ dầu thơm trên mình ta là để sửa-soạn chôn xác ta đó.13 Quả thật, ta nói cùng các ngươi, khắp cả thế-gian, hễ nơi nào Tin-lành nầy được giảng ra, thì cũng thuật lại việc người ấy đã làm để nhớ đến người.
