Matthew 26:1-13

Mat 26:1 ESV - When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, Mat 26:2 ESV - "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified." Mat 26:3 ESV - Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, Mat 26:4 ESV - and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. Mat 26:5 ESV - But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people." Mat 26:6 ESV - Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, Mat 26:7 ESV - 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. Mat 26:8 ESV - And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste? Mat 26:9 ESV - For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor." Mat 26:10 ESV - But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why d