Matthew 26:6–16

The Precious Ointment

^6aNow when Jesus was in ^bBethany, at the home of Simon the leper,

^7aa 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 ^athe poor with you; but you do not always have Me.

¹²“For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it ^ato prepare Me for burial.

¹³“Truly I say to you, ^awherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her.”

Judas’s Bargain

^14aThen one of the twelve, named ^bJudas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

¹⁵and said, “What are you willing to give me ¹to ^2abetray Him to you?” And ^bthey weighed out thirty ³pieces of silver to him.

¹⁶From then on he began looking for a good opportunity to ¹betray ²Jesus.