Matthew 26:1-9 ▼

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

2 “You have known that after two days the Passover comes, and the Son of Man is delivered up to be crucified.”

3 Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, into the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;

4 and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill [Him],

5 and they said, “Not in the celebration, that there may not be a tumult among the people.”

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

7 there came to Him a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious, and she poured on His head as He is reclining.

8 And having seen [it], His disciples were much displeased, saying, “To what purpose [is] this waste?

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