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While Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon (known as “the Leper”), a woman came to him who had an alabaster vase of extremely valuable ointment. She poured it on his head as he was reclining at the table.

When the disciples saw it, they were furious.

“What’s the point of all this waste?” they said.

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