¹ Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.

¹⁷ And he left them, and went forth out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

³ And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure nard very costly; `and' she brake the cruse, and poured it over his head.

⁴ But there were some that had indignation among themselves, `saying', To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?

⁵ For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

⁶ But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

⁷ For ye have the poor always with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do them good: but me ye have not always.

⁸ She hath done what she could; she hath anointed my body beforehand for the burying.

⁵⁰ And he led them out until `they were' over against Bethany: and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

¹ Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

⁵⁵ Now the passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, to purify themselves.

⁶ Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

⁷ there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.

⁸ But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

⁹ For this `ointment' might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

¹⁰ But Jesus perceiving it said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

¹¹ For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

¹¹ And he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple; and when he had looked round about upon all things, it being now eventide, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.

⁴⁴ He that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

²⁰ Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast: