6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
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 unto 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.
12 For in that she ° hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever ° this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman ° hath done, be told for a memorial of her.