5. “Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
6. Now he said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. Since he had the moneybox, he used to steal from what was put in it.
7. Therefore Yeshua said, “Leave her alone! She set it aside for the day of My burial.
8. You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have Me.”
9. Now a large crowd of Judeans knew He was there and came, not only for Yeshua but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
10. So the ruling kohanim made plans to kill Lazarus also,
11. because on account of him many of the Jewish people were going and putting their trust in Yeshua.
12. The next day, the huge crowd that had come up for the feast heard that Yeshua was coming to Jerusalem.
13. So they took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting, “‘Hoshia-na! Baruch ha-ba b’shem Adonai! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ The King of Israel!”
14. Finding a young donkey, Yeshua sat on it, as it is written,