Matthew 26:1-9 ▼

1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

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

3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,

4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill him.

5 “Not during the festival,” they said, “so there won’t be rioting among the people.”

6 While Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,

7 a woman approached him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume. She poured it on his head as he was reclining at the table.

8 When the disciples saw it, they were indignant. “Why this waste? ” they asked.

9 “This might have been sold for a great deal and given to the poor.”