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

⁶ Now when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷ there came to him a woman having an alabaster-box of very precious aromatic ointment, and poured it upon his head as he sat at table. ⁸ But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, For what end is this waste? ⁹ For this ointment might have been sold for a considerable sum, and given to the poor.

¹⁰ Then Jesus knowing it, said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath performed a good act upon me: ¹¹ for the poor ye have always with you, but me ye have not always: ¹² for in pouring this odoriferous ointment on my body, she hath done it for my burial. ¹³ Verily I say unto you, Wherever this Gospel is preached through the whole world, what she hath done shall be also spoken of for a memorial of her.

³ And when he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at table, a woman came, having an alabaster vase of ointment, of genuine spikenard, of vast value: and breaking the vase, she let it flow down upon his head. ⁴ And there were some who felt indignation within themselves, saying, Wherefore is this waste of the ointment made? ⁵ For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor. And they bitterly murmured against her.

⁶ Then said Jesus, Let her alone; why give ye her uneasiness? she hath performed a laudable act towards me. ⁷ For the poor ye have always with you, and when ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. ⁸ What was in her power she hath done; she has seized the opportunity to anoint my body beforehand for burial. ⁹ Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached through the whole world, there shall, what she hath done, be told for a memorial of her.