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

¹ Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead, was living. ² They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha waited on them, while Lazarus was at the table with him. ³ And Mary took a pound of choice perfume, very costly, and poured it on Jesus' feet, and then wiped his feet with her hair, and the whole house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

⁴ But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, who was going to betray him, said, ⁵ "Why was this perfume not sold for sixty dollars, and the money given to the poor?" ⁶ But he did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief and when he had charge of the purse he used to take what was put in it.

⁷ Jesus said, "Let her alone; let her keep it for the day of my funeral, ⁸ for you always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me."