[DailyReading] Greatness through giving

[Daily Bible Readings]

Lesson: The Mark of Greatness
Reading: Greatness through giving  2012-02-10
Reference: Matt. 26:6-13 

Mt 26:6: Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Mt 26:7: 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 . 
Mt 26:8: But when his disciples saw it , they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
Mt 26:9: For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
Mt 26:10: When Jesus understood it , he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
Mt 26:11: For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
Mt 26:12: For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
Mt 26:13: 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.
(KJV)