LITV(i)
1 And it was the Passover, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread after two days. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might get hold of Him by guile, to kill Him .
2 But they said, Not during the Feast, lest there will be a tumult of the people.
3 And He being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as He reclined, a woman came, having an alabaster vial of pure, costly ointment of nard. And breaking the alabaster vial, she poured it down His head.
4 And some were being indignant to themselves, and saying, To what has this waste of the ointment occurred?
5 For this could be sold for over three hundred denarii, and to be given to the poor. And they were incensed with her.
6 But Jesus said, Let her alone. Why do you cause her troubles? She worked a good work toward Me.
7 For you have the poor with you always, and when you wish, you can do well toward them. But you do not have Me always.
8 What this one held, she did. She took beforehand to anoint My body for the burial.
9 Truly I say to you, Wherever this gospel is proclaimed in all the world, what this one did will also be spoken of for a memorial of her.
10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might betray Him to them.
11 And hearing, they rejoiced and promised to give him silver. And he sought how he might opportunely betray Him.
12 And on the first day of the Unleavened Bread, when they killed the passover, His disciples said to Him, Where do You desire that going we may prepare that You may eat the passover?
13 And He sent two of His disciples, and said to them, Go into the city. And you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him.
14 And wherever he goes in, say to the housemaster, The Teacher says, Where is the guest room where I may eat the passover with My disciples?
15 And he will show you a large upper room, having been spread and made ready. Prepare for us there.