Matthew 26
Reading Matthew chapter 26 in the Webster's Bible, public-domain text from 1833.
Verses 1–10
1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples,
2 Ye know that after two days is the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
3 Then assembled the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].
5 But they said, Not on the feast-[day], lest there be an uproar among the people.
6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7 There came to him a woman having an alabaster-box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he sat [at table].
8 But when his disciples saw [it], they had indignation, saying, To what purpose [is] this waste?
9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
10 When Jesus understood [it], he said to them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
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