Matthew 26:1-13 ▼

1 And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these discourses, He said to His disciples,

2 You know that after two days is the passover, and the Son of man is delivered to be crucified.

3 Then the chief priests, and scribes, and elders of the people, were assembled in the hall of the high priest, called Caiaphas.

4 And they immediately passed the verdict that they would take Jesus by stratagem, and kill Him.

5 But they said, Not at the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.

6 And Jesus being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

7 a woman having an alabaster box of myrrh, very valuable, came to Him and poured it on His head, while sitting at the table.

8 And His disciples, seeing, were indignant, saying, For what was this waste?

9 For this was able to be sold for much, and given to the poor.

10 And Jesus knowing, said to them, Why do you give the woman trouble? because she hath wrought a beautiful work in me.

11 For you have the poor with you always; but you have not me always.

12 For she pouring this myrrh on my body, did it in order to my burial.

13 Truly I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel may be preached in all the world, that which she did shall indeed be spoken of for a memorial of her.