Matthew 26:6-13 - Jesus' Anointing At Bethany

⁶ Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷ There came to him a woman having a bottle of perfume of great price, and she put the perfume on his head when he was seated at table. ⁸ But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying, To what purpose is this waste? ⁹ For we might have got much money for this and given it to the poor.

¹⁰ But Jesus, seeing it, said to them, Why are you troubling the woman? she has done a kind act to me. ¹¹ For the poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever. ¹² For in putting this perfume on my body, she did it to make me ready for my last resting-place. ¹³ Truly I say to you, Wherever this good news goes out in all the world, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.

³ And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, seated at table, there came a woman with a bottle of perfumed oil of great price; and when the bottle was broken she put the perfume on his head. ⁴ But some of them were angry among themselves, saying, For what purpose has this oil been wasted? ⁵ We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.

⁶ But Jesus said, Let her be; why are you troubling her? she has done a kind act to me. ⁷ The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever. ⁸ She has done what she was able: she has put oil on my body to make it ready for its last resting-place. ⁹ And truly I say to you, Wherever the good news goes out through all the earth, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.