It was now only two days before the Passover F190 and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. F191 The leading priests and teachers of the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus without the people seeing it. Then they could kill him.
Jesus was in Bethany. He was eating in the house of Simon the leper. F192 While Jesus was there a woman came to him. The woman had an alabaster F193 jar filled with very expensive perfume. This perfume was made of pure nard. F194 The woman opened the jar and poured the perfume on Jesus' head.
I tell you the truth. The Good News F195 will be told to people in all the world. And in every place where the Good News is told, the story of what this woman did will also be told. The thing she has done will be told and people will remember her."
Then one of the twelve apostles F196 went to talk to the leading priests. This was the follower named Judas Iscariot. Judas wanted to give Jesus to them.