John 7:50

Nevertheless even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,

Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.

My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.

spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree; myrrh and aloes, with all the best spices,

Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?

Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.

They buried him in his own tomb, which he had dug out for himself in David’s city, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire for him.

It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, to the hill of frankincense.

At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.

He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.

But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.

The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying this you insult us also.”

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

Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?

But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.

The word of God increased and the number of the disciples greatly multiplied in Jerusalem. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?