Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.
For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.
And the Lord said to the Satan, May the Lord's word be sharp against you, O Satan, the word of the Lord who has taken Jerusalem for himself: is this not a burning branch pulled out of the fire?
But Jesus, seeing it, said to them, Why are you troubling the woman? she has done a kind act to me.
For in putting this perfume on my body, she did it to make me ready for my last resting-place.
But Jesus said, Let her be; why are you troubling her? she has done a kind act to me.
He had not given his approval to their decision or their acts, of Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God: