3. Then the chief priests and elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of Caiaphas the high priest.
4. They were plotting to arrest Jesus by cunning tricks and to kill him.
5. But they agreed that it shouldn’t happen during the feast so there wouldn’t be an uproar among the people.
6. When Jesus was at Bethany visiting the house of Simon, who had a skin disease,
7. a woman came to him with a vase made of alabaster containing very expensive perfume. She poured it on Jesus’ head while he was sitting at dinner.
8. Now when the disciples saw it they were angry and said, "Why this waste?
9. This perfume could have been sold for a lot of money and given to the poor."
10. But Jesus knew what they were thinking. He said, "Why do you make trouble for the woman? She’s done a good thing for me.
11. You always have the poor with you, but you won’t always have me.