Matthew 26:1-9 ▼

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.”