6 He didn't say this because he cared about the poor. He said it because he was a thief. Judas was in charge of the money bag. He used to help himself to what was in it.
7 "Leave her alone," Jesus replied. "The perfume was meant for the day I am buried.
8 You will always have the poor among you. But you won't always have me."
9 Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there, so they came. But they did not come only because of Jesus. They also came to see Lazarus. After all, Jesus had raised him from the dead.
10 So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus too.
11 Because of Lazarus, many of the Jews were starting to follow Jesus. They were putting their faith in him.
12 The next day the large crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.