Daily Discovery Bible Study

1 After Jesus had said all this, he told his disciples,2 “You know that it's Passover in two days time, and the Son of man will be handed over to be crucified.”

3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of Caiaphas, the high priest.4 There they plotted to arrest Jesus on some deceitful pretext and kill him.5 But they said, “Let's not do this during the festival so that the people don't riot.”

6 While Jesus was staying at Simon the leper's house in Bethany,7 a woman came over to him carrying an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume. She poured it on Jesus' head while he was sitting eating. But when the disciples saw what she did, they were upset.

8 “What a terrible waste!” they objected.9 “This perfume could've been sold for a lot of money and given to the poor!”

10 Jesus was aware of what was going on and told them, “Why are you upset with this woman? She's done something wonderful for me!11 You'll always have the poor with you, but you won't always have me.12 By pouring this perfume on my body she's prepared me for burial.13 I tell you the truth: wherever in the world this good news is spread, the story of what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Matthew 26: 1-13