Mark 14:3-9 And while he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he reclined at table, there came a woman that had an alabaster box of ointment of pure nard, very costly; and she broke the box, and poured it on his head.

Anderson⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ And while he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he reclined at table, there came a woman that had an alabaster box of ointment of pure nard, very costly; and she broke the box, and poured it on his head. ⁴ And some of them were displeased within themselves, and said: For what purpose was this waste of the ointment? ⁵ For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her. ⁶ But Jesus said: Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has performed a good work on me. ⁷ For you have the poor with you always; and whenever you choose, you can do them good; but me you have not always. ⁸ She has done what she could; she has come beforehand to anoint my body for its burial. ⁹ Verily I say to you, wherever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also which she has done shall be told, for a memorial of her.