Matthew 26:1-13

The Plot to Kill Jesus

1 ¹When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples,

2 "²You know that after two days ³the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be ⁴handed over for crucifixion."

3 ⁵Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in ⁶the court of the high priest, named ⁷Caiaphas;

4 and they ⁸plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him.

5 But they were saying, "Not during the festival, ⁹otherwise * a riot might occur among the people."

The Precious Ointment

6 ¹⁰Now when Jesus was in ¹¹Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper,

7 ¹²a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table.

8 But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, "Why * this waste?

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

10 But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why do you bother * the woman? For she has done a good deed to Me.

11 "For you always have ¹³the poor with you; but you do not always have Me.

12 "For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it ¹⁴to prepare Me for burial.

13 "Truly I say to you, ¹⁵wherever * this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 7:28
• 2. Matthew 26:2-5: {Mark 14:1, 2; Luke 22:1, 2}
• 3. John 11:55; John 13:1
• 4. Matthew 10:4
• 5. John 11:47
• 6. Matthew 26:58, 69; Matthew 27:27; Mark 14:54, 66; Mark 15:16; Luke 22:55; John 18:15
• 7. Matthew 26:57; Luke 3:2; John 11:49; John 18:13, 14, 24, 28; Acts 4:6
• 8. Matthew 12:14
• 9. Matthew 27:24
• 10. Matthew 26:6-13: {Mark 14:3-9;} Luke 7:37-39; John 12:1-8
• 11. Matthew 21:17
• 12. Luke 7:37
• 13. Deuteronomy 15:11; Mark 14:7; John 12:8
• 14. John 19:40
• 15. Mark 14:9