Matthew 26:6-25

The Precious Ointment

6 ¹Now when Jesus was in ²Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper,

7 ³a 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 ⁴the poor with you; but you do not always have Me.

12 "For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it ⁵to prepare Me for burial.

13 "Truly I say to you, ⁶wherever * this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her."

Judas's Bargain

14 ⁷Then one of the twelve, named ⁸Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

15 and said, "What are you willing to give me to ⁹betray Him to you?" And ¹⁰they weighed out thirty pieces of silver to him.

16 From then on he began looking for a good opportunity to betray Jesus.

17 ¹¹Now on the first day of ¹²Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?"

18 And He said, "Go into the city to ¹³a certain man, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, "¹⁴My time is near; I am to keep the Passover at your house with My disciples."' "

19 The disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.

The Last Passover

20 ¹⁵Now when evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.

21 As they were eating, He said, "¹⁶Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me."

22 Being deeply grieved, they each one began to say to Him, "Surely not I, Lord?"

23 And He answered, "¹⁷He who dipped his hand with Me in the bowl is the one who will betray Me.

24 "The Son of Man is to go, ¹⁸just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! ¹⁹It would have been good for that man if he had not been born."

25 And ²⁰Judas, who was betraying Him, said, "Surely it is not I, ²¹Rabbi?" Jesus said to him, "²²You have said it yourself."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 26:6-13: {Mark 14:3-9;} Luke 7:37-39; John 12:1-8
• 2. Matthew 21:17
• 3. Luke 7:37
• 4. Deuteronomy 15:11; Mark 14:7; John 12:8
• 5. John 19:40
• 6. Mark 14:9
• 7. Matthew 26:14-16: {Mark 14:10, 11; Luke 22:3-6}
• 8. Matthew 10:4; Matthew 26:25, 47; Matthew 27:3; John 6:71; John 12:4; John 13:26; Acts 1:16
• 9. Matthew 10:4
• 10. Exodus 21:32; Zechariah 11:12
• 11. Matthew 26:17-19: {Mark 14:12-16; Luke 22:7-13}
• 12. Exodus 12:18-20
• 13. Mark 14:13; Luke 22:10
• 14. John 7:6, 8
• 15. Matthew 26:20-24: {Mark 14:17-21}
• 16. Luke 22:21-23; John 13:21
• 17. Psalms 41:9; John 13:18, 26
• 18. Matt 26:31, 54, 56; Mark 9:12; Luke 24:25-27, 46; Acts 17:2; Acts 26:22; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 Peter 1:10
• 19. Matthew 18:7; Mark 14:21
• 20. Matthew 26:14
• 21. Matthew 23:7; Matthew 26:49
• 22. Matthew 26:64; Matthew 27:11; Luke 22:70

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "and I will"
• [b]. Or "deliver"
• [c]. I.e. silver shekels
• [d]. Or "deliver"
• [e]. Lit "Him"
• [f]. Or "one after another"
• [g]. Lit "for him if that man had not been born"