⁸ When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked. ⁹ “This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”

¹⁰ Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. ¹¹ The poor you will always have with you,^[a](A) but you will not always have me. ¹² When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.^{(B) 13} Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”