6. Jesus said, “Don’t bother the woman. Why are you troubling her? She did a beautiful thing for me.
7. You will always have the poor with you. You can help them anytime you want. But you will not always have me.
8. This woman did the only thing she could do for me. She poured perfume on my body. She did this before I die to prepare me for burial.
9. I tell you the truth. The Good News will be told to people in all the world. And in every place it is preached, what this woman has done will be told. And people will remember her.”
10. One of the 12 followers, Judas Iscariot, went to talk to the leading priests. Judas offered to give Jesus to them.
11. The leading priests were pleased about this. They promised to pay Judas money. So he waited for the best time to give Jesus to them.
12. It was now the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. This was a time when the Jews always sacrificed the Passover lambs. Jesus’ followers came to him. They said, “We will go and prepare everything for the Passover Feast. Where do you want to eat the feast?”
13. Jesus sent two of his followers and said to them, “Go into the city. A man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.
14. He will go into a house. Tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks that you show us the room where he and his followers can eat the Passover Feast.’
15. The owner will show you a large room upstairs. This room is ready. Prepare the food for us there.”