The Costly Perfume

^6 (A)Now when Jesus was in ^(B)Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper, ^7 (C)a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table. ⁸ But when the disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? ⁹ For this perfume might have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.” ¹⁰ But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you bother the woman? For she has done a good work to Me. ¹¹ For you always have ^(D)the poor with you; but you do not always have Me. ¹² For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it ^(E)to prepare Me for burial. ¹³ Truly I say to you, ^(F)wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her.”