6 Jesus was in the town of Bethany, eating at the home of Simon, who had leprosy.26.6 leprosy: See the note at 8.2.7 Lk 7.37,38.A woman came in with a bottle of expensive perfume and poured it on Jesus' head. 8 But when his disciples saw this, they became angry and complained, "Why such a waste? 9 We could have sold this perfume for a lot of money and given it to the poor."
10 Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said:
Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing for me. 11 Dt 15.11.You will always have the poor with you, but you won’t always have me. 12 She has poured perfume on my body to prepare it for burial.26.12 poured perfume on my body to prepare it for burial: The Jewish people taught that giving someone a proper burial was even more important than helping the poor.13 You may be sure that wherever the good news is told all over the world, people will remember what she has done. And they will tell others.