6. Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7. There came to him a woman having an alabaster-box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he sat at table.
8. But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
9. For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
10. When Jesus understood it, he said to them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
11. For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.