So Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Let her keep this for the day of my burial.
For he stands at the right hand of the poor to save him from those who pass judgment on him.
And the angel of the Lord said to the adversary, “May the Lord rebuke you, O adversary; may the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?”
Since Jesus knew this, he said to them, “Why do you make trouble for the woman? She has done a good thing for me.
In pouring this perfumed oil upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you make trouble for her? She has done a good thing for me.
Now there was a virtuous and righteous man named Joseph who, though he was a member of the council,