6 Jesus said, “Leave her alone! Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me.
7 You will always have the poor with you and can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have me with you.
8 She did what she could. She came to pour perfume on my body before it is placed in a tomb.
9 I can guarantee this truth: Wherever the Good News is spoken in the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
10 Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve apostles, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus.
11 They were pleased to hear what Judas had to say and promised to give him money. So he kept looking for a chance to betray Jesus.
12 Killing the Passover lamb was customary on the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The disciples asked Jesus, “Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal for you?”