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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. 11 (A)You will always have poor people with you, but you will not always have me. 12 What she did was to pour this perfume on my body to get me ready for burial.

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10 Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 11 The poor you will always have with you,[a](A) but you will not always have me. 12 When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:11 See Deut. 15:11.