1. AND it came to pass, when Jesus had ended all these words, he said to his disciples:
2. You know that after two days shall be the pasch, and the son of man shall be delivered up to be crucified:
3. Then were gathered together the chief priests and ancients of the people into the court of the high priest, who was called Caiphas:
4. And they consulted together, that by subtilty they might apprehend Jesus, and put him to death.
5. But they said: Not on the festival day, lest perhaps there should be a tumult among the people.
6. And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,
7. There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he was at table.
8. And the disciples seeing it, had indignation, saying: To what purpose is this waste?
9. For this might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
10. And Jesus knowing it, said to them: Why do you trouble this woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
11. For the poor you have always with you: but me you have not always.
12. For she in pouring this ointment upon my body, hath done it for my burial.
13. Amen I say to you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which she hath done, shall be told for a memory of her.
14. Then went one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, to the chief priests,
15. And said to them: What will you give me, and I will deliver him unto you? But they appointed him thirty pieces of silver.
16. And from thenceforth he sought opportunity to betray him.