5. “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”
6. (Now he said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)
7. So Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my preparation for burial.
8. For you have the poor with you always, but you do not always have me.”
9. Now a large crowd of Jews found out that he was there, and they came, not only because of Jesus, but so that they could see Lazarus also, whom he raised from the dead.
10. So the chief priests decided that they would kill Lazarus also,
11. because on account of him many of the Jews were going and believing in Jesus.
12. On the next day the large crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13. took the branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, and began crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord, even the king of Israel!”
14. So Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,