3 Then the chief priests and elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of Caiaphas the high priest.
4 They were plotting to arrest Jesus by cunning tricks and to kill him.
5 But they agreed that it shouldn’t happen during the feast so there wouldn’t be an uproar among the people.
6 When Jesus was at Bethany visiting the house of Simon, who had a skin disease,
7 a woman came to him with a vase made of alabaster containing very expensive perfume. She poured it on Jesus’ head while he was sitting at dinner.
8 Now when the disciples saw it they were angry and said, "Why this waste?
9 This perfume could have been sold for a lot of money and given to the poor."