Mark 14:3-9

Worldwide English (New Testament)

³ When Jesus was in the town of Bethany, he was in Simon's house. Simon had leprosy. While Jesus sat at the table, a woman came to him. She had a bottle of oil. It smelled very nice and cost much money. She broke the bottle and poured the oil on Jesus' head.

⁴ Some people there were angry. They said, `Why was this oil wasted like that?

⁵ The oil might have been sold for a lot of money. Then the money could have been given to poor people.' They said to the woman, `You should not have done this!'

⁶ But Jesus said, `Leave the woman alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good thing to me.

⁷ You will always have poor people with you. Any time you want to, you can do good to them. But I will not always be with you.

⁸ She has done what she could. She has put oil on my body to make me ready to be buried.

⁹ I tell you the truth. Any place in the whole world where people tell the good news, people will also tell what she has done. People will remember her because of it.'