3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill Him.
5 “Not during the festival,” they said, “so there won’t be rioting among the people.”
6 While Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, a man who had a serious skin disease,
7 a woman approached Him with an alabaster jar of very expensive fragrant oil. She poured it on His head as He was reclining at the table.
8 When the disciples saw it, they were indignant. “Why this waste? ” they asked.
9 “This might have been sold for a great deal and given to the poor.”