Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Ioánnem (12,1-11)
Ante sex dies Paschæ venit Bethániam, ubi erat Lázarus, quem suscitávit a mórtuis Iésus. Fecérunt ergo ei cenam ibi, et Martha ministrábat, Lázarus vero unus erat ex discumbéntibus cum eo. María ergo accépit libram unguénti nardi puri, pretiósi, et unxit pedes Iésu et extérsit capíllis suis pedes eíus; domus autem impléta est ex odóre unguénti. Dicit autem Iúdas Iscariótes, unus ex discípulis eíus, qui erat eum traditúrus: “quáre hoc unguéntum non véniit trecéntis denáriis et datum est egénis?” Dixit autem hoc, non quia de egénis pertinébat ad eum, sed quia fur erat et, lóculos habens, ea, quæ mittebántur, portábat. Dixit ergo Iésus: “Sine illam, ut in diem sepultúræ meæ servet illud. Páuperes enim semper habétis vobíscum, me autem non semper habétis.” Cognóvit ergo turba multa ex Iudǽis quia illic est, et venérunt non propter Iésum tantum, sed ut et Lázarum vidérent, quem suscitávit a mórtuis. Cogitavérunt autem príncipes sacerdótum, ut et Lázarum interfícerent, quia multi propter illum abíbant ex Iudǽis et credébant in Iésum.
Jesus six days before the Pasch came to Bethania, where Lazarus was, that had been dead, whom Jesus raised. And they made him a supper there: and Martha ministered, but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of right spikenard, precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled of the odour of the ointment. One therefore of his Disciples, Judas Iscariote, he that was to betray him, said: Why was not this ointment sold for three-hundred pence, and given to the poor? And he said this, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the purse, carried the things that were put in. Jesus therefore said: Let her alone that she may keep it for the day of my burial. For the poor you have always with you; but me you shall not have always. A great multitude therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came, not for Jesus only, but that they might see Lazarus, whom he raised from the dead. But the chief Priests devised for to kill Lazarus also: because many for him of the Jews went away, and believed in Jesus.
