4. and made plans to arrest Jesus secretly and put him to death.
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.
12. What she did was to pour this perfume on my body to get me ready for burial.
13. Now, I assure you that wherever this gospel is preached all over the world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”
14. Then one of the twelve disciples — the one named Judas Iscariot — went to the chief priests
15. and asked, “What will you give me if I betray Jesus to you?” They counted out thirty silver coins and gave them to him.
16. From then on Judas was looking for a good chance to hand Jesus over to them.
17. On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked him, “Where do you want us to get the Passover meal ready for you?”
18. “Go to a certain man in the city,” he said to them, “and tell him: ‘The Teacher says, My hour has come; my disciples and I will celebrate the Passover at your house.’ ”