26 ⁶ JESUS WAS AT BETHANY in the house of Simon the leper, 26 ⁷ when a woman came to him with a small bottle of fragrant oil, very costly; and as he sat at table she began to pour it over his head. 26 ⁸ The disciples were indignant when they saw it. 'Why this waste?' they said; 26 ⁹ 'it could have been sold for a good sum and the money given to the poor.' 26 ¹⁰ Jesus was aware of this, and said to them, 'Why must you make trouble for the woman? It is a fine thing she has done for me. 26 ¹¹ You have the poor among you always; but you will not always have me. 26 ¹² When she poured this oil on my body it was her way of preparing me for burial. 26 ¹³ I tell you this: wherever in all the world this gospel is proclaimed, what she has done will be told as her memorial.'