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

⁶ And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leprous, ⁷ There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of costly perfumed ointment, and she poured upon the head of him, reclining at table. ⁸ And his disciples seeing, felt pain, saying, For what this loss? ⁹ For this perfumed oil could have been sold for much, and have been given to the poor.

¹⁰ And Jesus having known, said to them, Why offer ye toils to the woman? for a good work has she worked upon me. ¹¹ For always the poor ye have with you, but me ye have not always. ¹² For she, casting this perfumed oil upon my body, did to prepare me for interment, ¹³ Truly I say to you, Wheresoever this good news be proclaimed in the whole world, shall it also be spoken what she did, for a remembrance of her.

³ And he being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leprous, he reclining at table, a woman came having an alabaster box of perfumed oil of persuasive, costly, spikenard;. and having broken the alabaster box, she poured upon his head. ⁴ And there were some displeased in themselves, and saying, For what has been the loss of this perfumed oil? ⁵ For this could have been sold for above three hundred drachmas, and have been given to the poor. And they raged against her.

⁶ And Jesus said, Let her go; why bestow ye weariness upon her? she has wrought a good work upon me. ⁷ For always have ye the poor with you, and when ye wish ye can do them good: and me ye have not always. ⁸ And what she had, she has done: she has undertaken beforehand to perfume my body for the burial. ⁹ Truly I say to you, Wherever this good news be proclaimed in the whole world, also what she has done shall be spoken for a memorial of her.