1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, |
2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. |
3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, |
4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. |
5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people. |
6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, |
7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. |
8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? |
9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. |
10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. |
11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. |
12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. |
13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. |
14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, |
15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. |
16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. |
