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

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

¹⁰ Jesus knowing it, said to them, Why trouble ye the woman? ¹¹ She hath wrought a good work upon me. For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. ¹² For in pouring this ointment on my body, she hath done it for my burial. ¹³ Verily I say to you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, this also which she hath done shall be spoken for a memorial of her.

³ And he being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at table, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, of spikenard, very costly; and shaking the box, she poured it on his head. ⁴ But 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 pence and given to the poor. And they murmured at her.

⁶ But Jesus said, Let her alone: why trouble ye her? She hath wrought a good work on me. ⁷ For ye have the poor always with you, and when ye will, ye may do them good; but me ye have not always. ⁸ She hath done what she could: she hath before-hand embalmed my body for the burial. ⁹ Verily I say to you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, what she hath done shall be spoken of also, for a memorial of her.