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 Amikor Jézus befejezte mindezeket a beszédeket, így szólt tanítványaihoz:2 Tudjátok, hogy két nap múlva lesz a páska ünnepe, és az Emberfia átadatik, hogy megfeszíttessék.3 Ekkor összegyűltek a főpapok és a nép vénei Kajafás főpap palotájában,4 és elhatározták, hogy Jézust csellel elfogják, és megölik.5 De ezt mondták: Ne az ünnepen, nehogy zavargás legyen a nép között.6 Amikor pedig Jézus Betániában, a leprás Simon házában volt,7 odament hozzá egy asszony, akinél egy alabástromtartóban drága olaj volt, és ráöntötte az asztalnál ülő Jézus fejére.8 Amikor látták ezt a tanítványai, bosszankodtak, és ezt mondták: Mire való ez a pazarlás?9 Hiszen el lehetett volna ezt adni sok pénzért, és odaadni a szegényeknek.10 Amikor ezt Jézus észrevette, megkérdezte tőlük: Miért bántjátok ezt az asszonyt? Hiszen jót tett velem,11 mert a szegények mindig veletek lesznek, de én nem leszek mindig veletek.12 Mert amikor ezt az olajat a testemre öntötte, a temetésemre készített elő.13 Bizony mondom nektek, hogy bárhol hirdetik majd az evangéliumot az egész világon, amit ez az asszony tett, azt is elmondják majd az ő emlékezetére.
