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And it came to pass when Jesus had finished all these words, he said unto his disciples,
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Ye know that after two days is the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
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Then the princes of the priests and the scribes and the elders of the people assembled together in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
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and took counsel that they might take Jesus by guile and kill
him.
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But they said, Not on the feast
day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
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Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
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a woman came unto him having an alabaster box of very precious ointment and poured it on his head as he sat
at the table.
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But when his disciples saw
it, they became indignant, saying, To what purpose
is this waste?
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For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor.
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But Jesus, understanding this, said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she has wrought a good work upon me.
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For ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.
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For in that she has poured this ointment on my body, she did
it to prepare for my burial.
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Verily I say unto you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world,
there shall also this, that this woman has done, be told for a memorial of her.