International Children’s Bible

Matthew 26:2-8 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

2. “You know that the day after tomorrow is the day of the Passover Feast. On that day the Son of Man will be given to his enemies to be killed on a cross.”

3. Then the leading priests and the Jewish elders had a meeting at the palace of the high priest. The high priest’s name was Caiaphas.

4. At the meeting, they planned to set a trap to arrest Jesus and kill him.

5. But they said, “We must not do it during the feast. The people might cause a riot.”

6. Jesus was in Bethany. He was at the house of Simon, who had a harmful skin disease.

7. While Jesus was there, a woman came to him. She had an alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. She poured this perfume on Jesus’ head while he was eating.

8. His followers saw the woman do this and were upset. They asked, “Why waste that perfume?