⁶ Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷ there came unto him a woman having ^[a]an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as ^[b]he sat at meat. ⁸ But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? ⁹ For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. ¹⁰ But Jesus perceiving it said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. ¹¹ For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. ¹² For in that she ^[c]poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. ¹³ Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever ^[d]this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.