10. But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a noble thing for Me.
11. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.
12. By pouring this fragrant oil on My body, she has prepared Me for burial.
13. I assure you: Wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”
14. Then one of the Twelve — the man called Judas Iscariot — went to the chief priests
15. and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you? ” So they weighed out 30 pieces of silver for him.
16. And from that time he started looking for a good opportunity to betray Him.
17. On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare the Passover so You may eat it? ”
18. “Go into the city to a certain man,” He said, “and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My time is near; I am celebrating the Passover at your place with My disciples.’ ”
19. So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.