Mark 14:1-9

11Now 2the Passover and Festival of Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes 3were seeking how to arrest Him covertly and kill Him; 2for they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise there will be a riot of the people.”

34While He was in 5Bethany at the home of Simon 6the Leper, He was reclining at the table, and a woman came with an alabaster vial of very 7expensive perfume of pure 8nard. She broke the vial and poured the perfume over His head. 4But there were some indignantly remarking to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted? 5For this perfume could have been sold for over three hundred 9denarii, and the money given to the poor.” And they were scolding her. 6But Jesus said, “Leave her alone! Why are you bothering her? She has done a good deed for Me. 7For you always have 10the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me. 8She has done what she could; 11she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial. 9Truly I say to you, 12wherever the gospel is preached in the entire world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”