Mat 26:1-13 | ESV | STEP | When Jesus had finished all these sayings , he said to his disciples ,

Matthew 26:1-13

The Plot to Kill Jesus

1 When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, 2 ^a“You know that after two days ^bthe Passover is coming, and ^cthe Son of Man ^dwill be delivered up to be crucified.”

3 ^eThen the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in ^fthe palace of the high priest, whose name was ^gCaiaphas, 4 ^hand plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. 5 But they said, “Not during the feast, ⁱlest there be an uproar among the people.”

Jesus Anointed at Bethany

6 ^jNow when Jesus was at ^kBethany in the house of Simon the leper, ^{▼▼Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13} 7 a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. 8 And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? 9 For this could have been sold for a large sum and ^mgiven to the poor.” 10 But ⁿJesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. 11 For ^oyou always have the poor with you, but ^pyou will not always have me. 12 In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it ^qto prepare me for burial. 13 Truly, I say to you, wherever ^rthis gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told ^sin memory of her.”