2. "As you know, the Passover Feast is two days away. The Son of Man will be handed over to be nailed to a cross."
3. Then the chief priests met with the elders of the people. They met in the palace of Caiaphas, the high priest.
4. They made plans to arrest Jesus in a clever way. They wanted to kill him.
5. "But not during the Feast," they said. "The people may stir up trouble."
6. Jesus was in Bethany. He was in the home of a man named Simon, who had a skin disease.
7. A woman came to Jesus with a special sealed jar of very expensive perfume. She poured the perfume on his head while he was at the table.
8. When the disciples saw this, they became angry. "Why this waste?" they asked.