[26:6] Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, a man who had suffered from a dreaded skin disease.
[26:7] While Jesus was eating, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar filled with an expensive perfume, which she poured on his head.
[26:8] The disciples saw this and became angry. “Why all this waste?” they asked.
[26:9] “This perfume could have been sold for a large amount and the money given to the poor!”
[26:10] Jesus knew what they were saying, and so he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? It is a fine and beautiful thing that she has done for me.
[26:11] You will always have poor people with you, but you will not always have me.
[26:12] What she did was to pour this perfume on my body to get me ready for burial.
[26:13] Now, I assure you that wherever this gospel is preached all over the world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”