5 “We must not do it during the festival,” they said, “or the people will riot.”
6 Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, a man who had suffered from a dreaded skin disease.
7 While Jesus was eating, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar filled with an expensive perfume, which she poured on his head.
8 The disciples saw this and became angry. “Why all this waste?” they asked.
9 “This perfume could have been sold for a large amount and the money given to the poor!”
10 Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? It is a fine and beautiful thing that she has done for me.
11 You will always have poor people with you, but you will not always have me.