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

⁶ When Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷ there came unto him a woman, which had an alabaster box of precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at the board. ⁸ When his disciples saw that, they had indignation saying, "What needed this waste? ⁹ This ointment might have been well sold, and given to the poor."

¹⁰ When Jesus understood that, he said unto them, "Why trouble ye the woman? She hath wrought a good work upon me. ¹¹ For ye shall have poor folk always with you: but me shall ye not have always. ¹² And in that she casted this ointment on my body, she did it to bury me, withal. ¹³ Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout all the world, there shall also this that she hath done, be told for a memorial of her."

³ When he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, even as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, called nard, that was pure and costly, and she brake the box and poured it on his head. ⁴ And there were some that were not content in themselves, and said, "What needed this waste of ointment? ⁵ For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and been given unto the poor." And they grudged against her.

⁶ And Jesus said, "Let her be in rest. Why trouble ye her? She hath done a good work on me. ⁷ For ye shall have poor with you always: and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye shall not have always. ⁸ She hath done that she could: she came aforehand to anoint my body to his buryingward. ⁹ Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be rehearsed in remembrance of her."