Then said Jesus, "Let her alone, let her keep what she has for the day of my burial.
In pouring this perfume on my body she has acted in view of my burial.
But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why are you annoying her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
But Jesus was aware of what they said, and he replied, "Why are you annoying the woman? It is a beautiful thing she has done to me.
Now there was a man called Joseph, a member of council but a good and just man