Matthew 26:1-9 ▼

1 When Jesus had finished this discourse, He said to His disciples,

2 “You know that the Passover is coming in two days, and the Son of Man is to be betrayed and handed over for crucifixion.”

3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the [elegant home of the Jewish] high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

4 and plotted together to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill Him.

5 But they said, “It must not be during the festival (Passover), otherwise there might be a riot among the people.”

6 Now when Jesus was [back] in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper,

7 a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very expensive perfume and she poured it on Jesus’ head as He reclined at the table.

8 But when the disciples saw it they were indignant and angry, saying, “Why all this waste [of money]?

9 For this perfume might have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”