3 And he being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, sitting at the table, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and breaking the alabaster, she poured it over his head. 4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? 5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarius and given to the poor. And they murmured against her. 6 But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? She has wrought a good work on me. 7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whenever ye will, ye may do them good; but me ye have not always. 8 She has done what she could, for she has anticipated anointing my body for the burial. 9 Verily I say unto you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.