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

⁶ Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷ a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of expensive perfume which she poured over his head as he lay at table. ⁸ When the disciples saw this they were angry. "What is the use of this waste?" they said; ⁹ "the perfume might have been sold for a good sum, and the poor might have got that."

¹⁰ But Jesus was aware of what they said, and he replied, "Why are you annoying the woman? It is a beautiful thing she has done to me. ¹¹ The poor you always have beside you, but you will not always have me. ¹² In pouring this perfume on my body she has acted in view of my burial. ¹³ I tell you truly, wherever this gospel is preached through all the world, men will speak of what she has done in memory of her."

³ Now when he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, lying at table, a woman came up with an alabaster flask of pure nard perfume, which had cost a great sum; the flask she broke and poured the perfume over his head. ⁴ This angered some of those present. "What was the use of wasting perfume like this? ⁵ This perfume might have been sold for over three hundred shillings, and the poor might have got that." So they upbraided her.

⁶ But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why are you annoying her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. ⁷ The poor you always have beside you, and you can be kind to them whenever you want; but you will not always have me. ⁸ She has done all she could ??she has anticipated the perfuming of my body for burial. ⁹ I tell you truly, wherever the gospel is preached all over the world, men will speak of what she has done in memory of her."