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 bottle of very costly ointment, and poured it on his head while he was reclining at table. ⁸ But the disciples seeing it, were much displeased, saying, To what purpose is this waste?. ⁹ For this might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

¹⁰ And Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, Why do ye trouble the woman? For she hath done a good deed to me. ¹¹ For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always. ¹² For she, in pouring this ointment on my body, hath done it to prepare me for burial. ¹³ Truly do I say to you, Wherever these glad tidings shall be published in the whole world, this too which she hath done will be told for a memorial of her.

³ And when he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, there came a woman having an alabaster bottle of ointment of pure spikenard, very precious; and breaking the bottle, she poured it on his head. ⁴ And there were some that were much displeased, [and said] among themselves, Why is this waste of the ointment made? ⁵ For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred denaries, and given to the poor. And they chid her harshly.

⁶ But Jesus said, Let her alone; why do ye trouble her? A good deed hath she done for me. ⁷ For the poor ye have always with you, and whenever ye will, ye can do good to them; but me ye have not always. ⁸ She hath done what she could; she hath anointed my body beforehand for its burial. ⁹ And truly do I say to you, Wherever the glad tidings shall be published throughout the whole world, this too which she hath done will be told for a memorial of her.