^{6 Ref} Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

^{7 Ref} a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.

^{8 Ref} But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?

^{9 Ref} For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor."

^{10 Ref} But Jesus, knowing this, said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me.

^{11 Ref} For you always have the poor with you; but you don't always have me.