“There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.”
Matthew 26:7 (KJV)
Context Reading
5But 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, 7There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. 8But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.