4. And they took counsel so that by deceitfulness they might take hold of Jesus and kill him.
5. But they said, "Not on the feast day, lest perhaps there may be a tumult among the people."
6. And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,
7. a woman drew near to him, holding an alabaster box of precious ointment, and she poured it over his head while he was reclining at table.
8. But the disciples, seeing this, were indignant, saying: "What is the purpose of this waste?
9. For this could have been sold for a great deal, so as to be given to the poor."
10. But Jesus, knowing this, said to them: "Why are you bothering this woman? For she has done a good deed to me.
11. For the poor you will always have with you. But you will not always have me.
12. For in pouring this ointment on my body, she has prepared for my burial.
13. Amen I say to you, wherever this Gospel will be preached in the whole world, what she has done also shall be told, in memory of her."
14. Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the leaders of the priests,
15. and he said to them, "What are you willing to give me, if I hand him over to you?" So they appointed thirty pieces of silver for him.
16. And from then on, he sought an opportunity to betray him.
17. Then, on the first day of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus, saying, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"
18. So Jesus said, "Go into the city, to a certain one, and say to him: 'The Teacher said: My time is near. I am observing the Passover with you, along with my disciples.' "
19. And the disciples did just as Jesus appointed to them. And they prepared the Passover.