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1 After two dayes was Easter, and the dayes of swete breed And the hye Prestes and the Scribes sought, how they myghte take hym by crafte, & put him to deeth.
2 But they sayde: not in the feast daye, leest any busynes aryse amonge the people.
3 And whan he was at Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, euen as he sate at meate, ther cam a woman hauyng an alabaster boxe of oyntment, called Narde, that was pure and costly: & she brake the boxe, & powred it on his heed.
4 And ther were some, that were not content wyth in them selues, & sayde: what neded this waste of oyntment?
5 For it myght haue bene solde for more then thre hundred pens, & haue bene geuen vnto the poore. And they grudged agaynst her.
6 And Iesus sayde: left her alone, why trouble ye her? She hath done a good worke on me.
7 For ye haue poore wt you all wayes & when soeuer ye wyll, ye maye do them good: but me haue ye not alwayes.
8 She hath done that she coulde: she came a fore hande, to anoynt my body to the buryinge.
9 Uerely I saye vnto you: wheresoeuer this Gospell shalbe preached thorow out the whole worlde: this also that she hath done, shalbe rehearsed in remembraunce of her.
10 And Iudas Iscarioth, one of the twelue went awaye vnto the hye Prestes, to betraye him vnto them.
11 When they herde that, they were glad, and promysed that they wolde geue hym money. And he sought, how he myght conueniently betraye him.
12 And the fyrste daye of swete breed (when they offred Passeouer) his disciples sayd vnto him: where wylt thou that we go & prepare, that thou mayest eate the Passeouer?
13 And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, & sayeth vnto them: Go ye into the cytie, & ther shall mete you a man bearing a pitcher of water, folowe him.
14 And whither soeuer he goeth in, saye ye to the good man of the house, the master sayeth: where is the geest chambre, where I shall eate passeouer wyth my disciples?
15 And he wyll shewe you a greate parlour, paued and prepared: there make ready for vs.