6 Meanwhile Yeshua arrived in Bethany at the house of Simon who had previously had leprosy. 7 [ref]A woman inside the house came up to him carrying a carved alabaster flask of very expensive lotion, which she poured over his head as he was seated, 8 but some of his followers were upset when they saw this, and complained, “Why all this waste? 9 That could have been sold and raised a lot of money to give to the poor.”

10 But Yeshua knew what they were saying and responded, “Why are you all causing problems for this woman, because she did something beautiful for me. 11 [ref]You’ll always have the poor with you, but you won’t always have me around. 12 This woman put this lotion on my body in a sense as a burial spice. 13 I can assure you all that wherever the good message about me is retold anywhere in the world, this woman and what she did will also be mentioned as a memorial to her.”