Mat 26:6-13, Joh 12:1-8 | ISV | STEP | A Woman Prepares Jesus’ Body for Burial While Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper,

Matthew 26:6-13

6 A Woman Prepares Jesus’ Body for Burial Mark 14:3-9; John 12:1-8While Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper,Matt 21:17; Mark 14:3; John 11:1-2; 12:3 7 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume and poured it on his head while he sat at the table. 8 But when the disciples saw this they became irritated and said, “Why this waste?John 12:4 9 Surely this perfume could have been sold for a high price and the money ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks the money} given to the destitute.”

10 But knowing this, ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks this} Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering the woman? She has done a beautiful thing for me. 11 For you will always have the destitute with you, but you will not always have me.Deut 15:11; Matt 18:20; 28:20; John 12:8; 13:33; 14:19; 17:11 12 When she poured this perfume on my body, she was preparing me for burial. 13 Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told as a memorial to her.”

John 12:1-8

1 Mary Anoints Jesus Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9

Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived in Bethany, where Lazarus lived, ^{▼▼Lit. was} the man whom Jesus had raised from the dead.John 11:1, 43 2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him.Matt 26:6; Mark 14:3 3 Mary took a pound of very expensive perfume made of pure nard and anointed Jesus’ feet. She wiped his feet with her hair, and the house became filled with the fragrance of the perfume.Luke 10:38-39; John 11:2

4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, who was going to betray him, said, 5 “Why wasn't this perfume sold for 300 denarii ^{▼▼Three hundred denarii was about a year's wages for a laborer.} and the money ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks the money} given to the destitute?” 6 He said this, not because he cared about the destitute, but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the moneybag and would steal what was put into it.John 13:29

7 Then Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. 8 For you will always have the destitute with you, but you will not always have me.”Matt 26:11; Mark 14:7