Matthew 26:7-13 there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he reclined at table.

ABU⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he reclined at table. ⁸ And his disciples seeing it were displeased, saying: To what purpose is this waste? ⁹ For this might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. ¹⁰ And Jesus knowing it, said to them: Why trouble ye the woman? For she wrought a good work upon me. ¹¹ For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always. ¹² For she, in pouring this ointment on my body, did it to prepare me for burial. ¹³ Verily I say to you, wherever this good news shall be preached in the whole world, this also that she did shall be told, for a memorial of her.