2. “You know that two days from now will be Passover. That is when the Son of Man will be handed over to his enemies and nailed to a cross.”
3. At that time the chief priests and the nation's leaders were meeting at the home of Caiaphas the high priest.
4. They secretly planned to have Jesus arrested and put to death.
5. But they said, “We must not do it during Passover, because the people will riot.”
6. Jesus was in the town of Bethany, eating at the home of Simon, who had leprosy.
7. 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. You will always have the poor with you, but you won't always have me.