Jesus’ Anointing at Bethany

⁶ Now while^[a] Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷ a woman came up to him holding an alabaster flask of very expensive perfumed oil, and poured it^[b] out on his head while he^[c] was reclining at table. ⁸ And when^[d] the disciples saw it^[e] they were indignant, saying, “Why^[f] this waste? ⁹ For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor!” ¹⁰ But Jesus, knowing this,^[g] said to them, “Why do you cause trouble for the woman? For she has done a good deed for me. ¹¹ For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me. ¹² For when^[h] this woman poured this ointment on my body, she did it^[i] in order to prepare me for burial. ¹³ Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”