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

⁶ Now, when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷ there came to Him a woman having an alabaster cruse of very precious ointment, and poured it down upon His head, while reclining at table. ⁸ And 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 But Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do ye give trouble to the woman? for she wrought a good work for Me; ¹¹ for the poor ye always have with you; but Me ye have not always. ¹² For she, in pouring this ointment upon My body, did it with reference to My burial. ¹³ Verily I say to you, wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached in all the world, that also which this woman did shall be spoken of for a memorial of her."

³ And, while He was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as He was reclining at table, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure spikenard, very costly; and, having broken the cruse, she was pouring it down on His bead. ⁴ But there were some who were much displeased among themselves, saying, "To what purpose has this waste of the ointment been made? ⁵ For this ointment could have been sold for above three hundred denaries, and given to the poor!" And they were murmuring against her.

⁶ But Jesus said, "Let her alone; why do ye cause her trouble? She wrought a good work on Me; ⁷ for the poor ye always have with you; and whensoever ye will, ye can do them good; but Me ye have not always. ⁸ She did what she could: she anointed My body beforehand for the burial. ⁹ And verily I say to you, wheresoever the Gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which this woman did shall be spoken of for a memorial of her."