3. Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;
4. and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill [him],
5. and they said, `Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.'
6. And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7. there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious, and she poured on his head as he is reclining (at meat).
8. And having seen [it], his disciples were much displeased, saying, `To what purpose [is] this waste?
9. for this ointment could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.'
10. And Jesus having known, said to them, `Why do ye give trouble to the woman? for a good work she wrought for me;
11. for the poor always ye have with you, and me ye have not always;
12. for she having put this ointment on my body--for my burial she did [it].
13. Verily I say to you, Wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this [one] did shall also be spoken of--for a memorial of her.'
14. Then one of the twelve, who is called Judas Iscariot, having gone unto the chief priests, said,
15. `What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you?' and they weighed out to him thirty silverlings,
16. and from that time he was seeking a convenient season to deliver him up.
17. And on the first [day] of the unleavened food came the disciples near to Jesus, saying to him, `Where wilt thou [that] we may prepare for thee to eat the passover?'
18. and he said, `Go away to the city, unto such a one, and say to him, The Teacher saith, My time is nigh; near thee I keep the passover, with my disciples;'
19. and the disciples did as Jesus appointed them, and prepared the passover.
20. And evening having come, he was reclining (at meat) with the twelve,