John 19:39

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And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before, and who was one of them, said to them,

A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench, till he sends forth justice to victory;

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

Jesus said, "Let her alone, she has kept this for the day of my burial.

For in pouring this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

Then he took it down and wrapped it in linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb that was hewn out of the rock, where no one had ever yet been laid.