mnt@Matthew:26:6 @ While Jesus was staying in Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper,
mnt@Matthew:26:7 @ a woman came up to him who had an alabaster vase of very costly perfume, and poured it over his head, as he reclined at table.
mnt@Matthew:26:8 @ when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, and exclaimed.
mnt@Matthew:26:9 @ "Why is this waste? This perfume could have been sold for a good sum, and the money given to the poor."
mnt@Matthew:26:10 @ But when Jesus understood it he said to them. "Why are you annoying the woman? This is a beautiful deed she has done for me;
mnt@Matthew:26:11 @ "for the poor you have with you always, but me you will not always have.
mnt@Matthew:26:12 @ "In pouring this perfume on my body, she was preparing me for my burial.
mnt@Matthew:26:13 @ "In solemn truth I tell you that wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, what she has done shall be told about, as her memorial."