John 12:1-8 - Jesus Is Anointed At Bethany

¹ Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had made to come back from the dead. ² So they made him a meal there, and he was waited on by Martha, and Lazarus was among those who were seated with him at table. ³ Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume.

⁴ But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was to give him up), said, ⁵ Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor? ⁶ (He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)

⁷ Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death. ⁸ The poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.