Matthew 26:1-9 ▼

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

2 You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.|

3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

4 They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

5 But they said, |Not during the feast, so that there won't be a riot among the people.|

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

7 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfumed oil, and she poured it on his head as he was at the table.

8 When the disciples saw this, they became indignant and said, |Why this waste?

9 It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!|