¹⁰ But Jesus perceiving it said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. ¹¹ For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. ¹² For in that she ^[a]poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. ¹³ Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever ^[b]this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

⁶ But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. ⁷ For ye have the poor always with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do them good: but me ye have not always. ⁸ She hath done what she could; she hath anointed my body beforehand for the burying. ⁹ And verily I say unto you, Wheresoever the ^[a]gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

⁷ Jesus therefore said, ^[a]Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying. ⁸ For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.