The Anointing at Bethany

Matthew 26

Matthew 26:6 And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,

Matthew 26:7 a woman drew near to him, holding an alabaster box of precious ointment, and she poured it over his head while he was reclining at table.

Matthew 26:8 But the disciples, seeing this, were indignant, saying: “What is the purpose of this waste?

Matthew 26:9 For this could have been sold for a great deal, so as to be given to the poor.”

Matthew 26:10 But Jesus, knowing this, said to them: “Why are you bothering this woman? For she has done a good deed to me.

Matthew 26:11 For the poor you will always have with you. But you will not always have me.

Matthew 26:12 For in pouring this ointment on my body, she has prepared for my burial.

Matthew 26:13 Amen I say to you, wherever this Gospel will be preached in the whole world, what she has done also shall be told, in memory of her.”