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.