Matthew 26:3-13

Christian Standard Bible

³ Then the chief priests^[a] and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,^{(A) 4} and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill him.^{(B) 5} “Not during the festival,” they said, “so there won’t be rioting among the people.”

The Anointing at Bethany

⁶ While Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon^(C) the leper,^{[b] 7} a woman approached him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume. She poured it on his head as he was reclining at the table. ⁸ When the disciples^(D) saw it, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked. ⁹ “This might have been sold for a great deal and given to the poor.”

¹⁰ Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a noble thing for me. ¹¹ You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.^{(E) 12} By pouring this perfume on my body, she has prepared me for burial. ¹³ Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel^(F) is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”