NAS - Matthew 26:1-13

26 The Plot to Kill Jesus

¹When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples, ²"You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be handed over for crucifixion."

³Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas; ⁴and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him. ⁵But they were saying, "Not during the festival, otherwise a riot might occur among the people."

The Precious Ointment

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