Mary Anoints Jesus

1So Jesus came to Bethany six days before the Passover, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

2So they made a dinner for him there, and Martha was serving, but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with him.

3Then Mary took a litra of costly pure nard perfume, anointed Jesus's feet, and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

4But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples—the one who was about to betray him—said,

5Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?

6He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to take what was put into it.

7So Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial.”

8For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.