Matthew 26:1-16

When Jesus had finished saying all these things,  he told his disciples, “You know   that the Passover takes place after two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”   Then the chief priests  and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,  and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill him.  “Not during the festival,” they said, “so there won’t be rioting among the people.” While Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon  the leper,  a woman approached him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume. She poured it on his head as he was reclining at the table. When the disciples  saw it, they were indignant. “Why this waste? ” they asked. “This might have been sold for a great deal and given to the poor.” Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a noble thing for me. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.   By pouring this perfume on my body, she has prepared me for burial. Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel   is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.” Then  one of the Twelve, the man called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests  and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you? ” So they weighed out thirty pieces of silver for him.  And from that time he started looking for a good opportunity to betray him.