1. Six days before the Passover festival, Jesus went to Bethany. That is where Lazarus lived, the man Jesus raised from death.
2. There they had a dinner for Jesus. Martha served the food, and Lazarus was one of the people eating with Jesus.
3. Mary brought in a pint of expensive perfume made of pure nard. She poured the perfume on Jesus’ feet. Then she wiped his feet with her hair. And the sweet smell from the perfume filled the whole house.
4. Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ followers, was there—the one who would later hand Jesus over to his enemies. Judas said,
5. “That perfume was worth a full year’s pay. It should have been sold, and the money should have been given to the poor people.”