6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 a woman came unto him having an alabaster box of very precious ointment and poured it on his head as he sat at the table. 8 But when his disciples saw it, they became indignant, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor. 10 But Jesus, understanding this, said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she has wrought a good work upon me. 11 For ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always. 12 For in that she has poured this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare for my burial. 13 Verily I say unto you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman has done, be told for a memorial of her.