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While Jesus sat at the table, a woman came to him. She had a bottle of oil. It smelled very nice and cost much money. She put the oil on Jesus' head.

When the disciples saw this, they were angry. They said, `Why was the oil wasted like that?

The oil might have been sold for much money. Then the money could have been given to poor people.'

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a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.

When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked. “This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”

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