Mary Anoints Jesus at Bethany

¹Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived in Bethany, where Lazarus lived — the man he had raised from the dead. ²They prepared a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with him. ³Then Mary took about a pound of very expensive perfume made from pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped his feet with her hair. The fragrance of the perfume filled the entire house. ⁴But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon — the one who would later betray him — said, ⁵"Why wasn't this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" ⁶He didn't say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. He kept the money bag and would help himself to what was put into it. ⁷Then Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial." ⁸"You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me."