Jesus said, “Let her alone, let her keep it for the day of my burial.
For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who condemn him to death.
And the Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?”
But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.
In pouring this ointment on my body she has done it to prepare me for burial.
But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
Now there was a man named Joseph from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man,