Matthew 26:6–16

Jesus’ Anointing at Bethany

⁶Now while^* Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷a woman came up to him holding an alabaster flask of very expensive perfumed oil, and poured it^* out on his head while he^* was reclining at table. ⁸And when^* the disciples saw it^* they were indignant, saying, “Why^b this waste? ⁹For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor!” ¹⁰But Jesus, knowing this,^* said to them, “Why do you cause trouble for the woman? For she has done a good deed for me. ¹¹For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me. ¹²For when^* this woman poured this ointment on my body, she did it^* in order to prepare me for burial. ¹³Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Judas Arranges to Betray Jesus

¹⁴Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests ¹⁵and^* said, “What are you willing to give me if I in turn deliver him to you?” So they set out for him thirty silver coins. ¹⁶And from that time on, he began seeking a favorable opportunity in order that he could betray him.