Matthew 26:10
Jesus perceived it, and said to them: Why do you trouble the woman? For she has performed a good work upon me.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
9For this could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
11For you have the poor always with you, but me you have not always.
Cross References
Mark 14:6But Jesus said: Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has performed a good work on me.
2 Corinthians 9:8And God is able to confer every gift upon you abundantly, that you, always having all sufficiency in every thing, may have enough for every good work;
Galatians 5:12that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off!
Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God before prepared, that we should walk in them.
2 Thessalonians 2:17comfort your hearts, and strengthen you in every good word and work.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:7-14
Christ Anointed at Bethany. 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 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. 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 unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. 11 For ye have… Read the whole commentary →