Matthew 26:1 says, And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, Verse two adds, Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. After Jesus finished teaching the disciples the parables, He told them what was about to happen. In two days, at the feast of the Passover, He would be betrayed to be crucified. Verse three states, Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, The chief priests, scribes and elders were all gathered at the palace of the high priest. We might wonder why the high priest had a palace when Jesus didn't even have a house to call His own. We should not serve God for material riches. Verse four adds, And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. These religious leaders had gathered, not to worship Jesus but to conspire as to how to take Him with subtilty and kill Him. These were not just some of God's chosen people but the religious leaders of His chosen people. Verse five declares, But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people. The religious leaders were afraid to take Jesus on the feast day. If the religious leaders today were to turn against God, we need to hope that the average Christian will not and that they would be afraid to do too much against Him. Verse six says, Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, While the religious leaders were in the palace of the high priest, Jesus was in the home of Simon the leper. This is quite a contrast. Verse seven adds, 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. While Jesus was there, a woman came to Him with an alabaster box of oil and poured it over His head while He was eating. This was done as an act of honor or worship to Him. Verse eight states, But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? When the disciples saw this, they were indignant at the woman, asking what purpose this served. Verse nine adds, For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. The disciples said that this oil could have been sold for a lot and the money given to the poor. Giving to the poor is a good thing, but not if we do it in place of worshipping God. Verse ten declares, When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. Jesus asked the disciples why they were bothering the woman, because she had done a good work upon Him. It is not our responsibility to question the way others sincerely worship Jesus. Verse eleven adds, For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. This could be viewed as Jesus not being concerned with the poor, but it was instead another warning that He would soon be crucified. For us today, as followers of Christ, we may not have Jesus with us physically, but we have the Holy Spirit with us always. Verse twelve continues, For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. Jesus said that the woman had anointed Him with the oil to prepare for His burial, though she may not have intended it for that purpose. Then verse thirteen concludes, Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. Jesus said that wherever the gospel was preached, what the woman had done would also be know. We do not include it in the gospel message, but when a person accepts Jesus as Savior and Lord, then that person should study the Bible and they will know what the woman did for Jesus.
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