Matthew 26:1-13

1And it came to pass when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples,

2Ye know that after two days the passover takes place, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.

3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together to the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas,

4and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him;

5but they said, Not in the feast, that there be not a tumult among the people.

6But Jesus being in Bethany, in Simon the leper's house,

7a woman, having an alabaster flask of very precious ointment, came to him and poured it out upon his head as he lay at table.

8But the disciples seeing it became indignant, saying, To what end [was] this waste?

9for this might have been sold for much and been given to the poor.

10But Jesus knowing [it] said to them, Why do ye trouble the woman? for she has wrought a good work toward me.

11For ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.

12For in pouring out this ointment on my body, she has done it for my burying.

13Verily I say to you, Wheresoever these glad tidings may be preached in the whole world, that also which this [woman] has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.