^6 (A)Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷ a woman came up to him with an alabaster jar of costly perfumed oil, and poured it on his head while he was reclining at table. ⁸ When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and said, “Why this waste? ⁹ It could have been sold for much, and the money given to the poor.” ¹⁰ Since Jesus knew this, he said to them, “Why do you make trouble for the woman? She has done a good thing for me. ^11 (B)The poor you will always have with you; but you will not always have me. ^12 [a]In pouring this perfumed oil upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. ¹³ Amen, I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be spoken of, in memory of her.”

³ When he was in Bethany reclining at table in the house of Simon the leper,^(A) a woman came with an alabaster jar of perfumed oil, costly genuine spikenard. She broke the alabaster jar and poured it on his head. ⁴ There were some who were indignant. “Why has there been this waste of perfumed oil? ⁵ It could have been sold for more than three hundred days’ wages and the money given to the poor.” They were infuriated with her. ⁶ Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you make trouble for her? She has done a good thing for me. ⁷ The poor you will always have with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them, but you will not always have me. ⁸ She has done what she could. She has anticipated anointing my body for burial. ⁹ Amen, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed to the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”