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

⁶ Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷ a woman came unto him having an alabaster box of very precious ointment and poured it on his head as he sat at the table. ⁸ But when his disciples saw it, they became indignant, saying, To what purpose is this waste? ⁹ For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor.

¹⁰ But Jesus, understanding this, said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she has wrought a good work upon me. ¹¹ For ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always. ¹² For in that she has poured this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare for my burial. ¹³ Verily I say unto you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman has done, be told for a memorial of her.

³ And he being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, sitting at the table, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and breaking the alabaster, she poured it over his head. ⁴ And there were some that had indignation within themselves and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? ⁵ For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarius and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

⁶ But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? She has wrought a good work on me. ⁷ For ye have the poor with you always, and whenever ye will, ye may do them good; but me ye have not always. ⁸ She has done what she could, for she has anticipated anointing my body for the burial. ⁹ Verily I say unto you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.