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

⁶ And when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷ there came to Him a woman with an alabaster-box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head as He was at table: ⁸ but when his disciples saw it, they were some of them provoked at it, and said, Wherefore is this waste? ⁹ for this ointment might have been sold for a great deal of money, and given to the poor.

¹⁰ But Jesus, knowing what passed, said to them, Why do ye give the woman uneasiness? for she has done a good office to me: ¹¹ (seeing ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always:) for in pouring this ointment on my body, ¹² she has embalmed me for my burial. ¹³ Verily I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached, in the whole world, what she hath done shall also be spoken of for a memorial of her.

³ And when He was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as He was at table, there came a woman with an alabaster-box of ointment of spikenard, very valuable; and she brake the box and poured it on his head. ⁴ And there were some provoked at it and said, Why was this waste made of the ointment? ⁵ For it might have been sold for above three hundred pence, and given to the poor. And they inveighed against her.

⁶ But Jesus said, Let her alone, why do ye give her uneasiness? ⁷ She has done a kind office to me. For ye have the poor always with you, and may do them good, whenever ye will; but me ye have not always. ⁸ She has done what she could: she has embalmed my body beforehand against the burial. ⁹ Verily I tell you, wheresoever this gospel is preached, through all the world, what she hath done shall also be told for a memorial of her.