9. “This perfume could have been sold for a large amount and the money given to the poor!”
10. Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? It is a fine and beautiful thing that she has done for me.
11. You will always have poor people with you, but you will not always have me.
12. What she did was to pour this perfume on my body to get me ready for burial.
13. Now, I assure you that wherever this gospel is preached all over the world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”
14. Then one of the twelve disciples — the one named Judas Iscariot — went to the chief priests
15. and asked, “What will you give me if I betray Jesus to you?” They counted out thirty silver coins and gave them to him.