Matthew 26:6-13

Modern English Version

The Anointing at Bethany^(A)

⁶ When Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷ a woman came to Him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment and poured it on His head as He sat at supper.

⁸ When His disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “For what purpose is this waste? ⁹ This ointment might have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor.”

¹⁰ When Jesus perceived it, He said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has done a good work for Me. ¹¹ For you have the poor always with you, but you do not always have Me. ¹² In pouring this ointment on My body, she did it for My burial. ¹³ Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will be told in memory of her.”