5. It could have been sold for more than 300 silver coins and the money given to the poor!” And they criticized her harshly.
6. But Jesus said, “Leave her alone! Why are you bothering her? She has done a fine and beautiful thing for me.
7. You will always have poor people with you, and any time you want to, you can help them. But you will not always have me.
8. She did what she could; she poured perfume on my body to prepare it ahead of time for burial.
9. Now, I assure you that wherever the gospel is preached all over the world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”
10. Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went off to the chief priests in order to betray Jesus to them.
11. They were pleased to hear what he had to say, and promised to give him money. So Judas started looking for a good chance to hand Jesus over to them.