Matthew 26:1-13 ▼

1 And it came to pass, when Jesus finished all these words, that He said to His disciples,

2 “You⁺ know that after two days the Passover takes place, and the Son of Man is delivered over to be crucified.”

3 Then the chief priests were gathered together—and the elders of the people—in the courtyard of the high priest, who is called Caiaphas,

4 and they plotted together in order that they might seize Jesus by guile and kill Him.

5 But they were saying, “Not during the feast, lest a riot might take place among the people.”

6 And Jesus having been in Bethany in the house of Simon the Leper,

7 a woman came to Him, having an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil, and she poured it on His head as He is reclining.

8 And the disciples, having seen, became indignant, saying, “For what is this waste?

9 For this could have been sold for much and given to the poor.”

10 And Jesus, having known, said to them, “Why do you⁺ cause trouble to the woman? For she did a beautiful work to Me.

11 For the poor you⁺ always have with you, but not always do you⁺ have Me.

12 For she, in pouring this fragrant oil on My body, did it for My burial.

13 Truly I say to you⁺, wherever this gospel shall be proclaimed in the whole world, that which she did will also be spoken of, for a memorial of her.”