Jesus’ Anointing

14:3 Now5 while Jesus6 was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table,7 a woman came with an alabaster jar8 of costly aromatic oil9 from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head. 14:4 But some who were present indignantly said to one another, “Why this waste of expensive10 ointment? 14:5 It11 could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins12 and the money13 given to the poor!” So14 they spoke angrily to her. 14:6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me. 14:7 For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!15 14:8 She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial. 14:9 I tell you the truth,16 wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”