Matthew 26:8

But when his disciples saw it, they were displeased, and said: For what purpose was this waste?

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

In Context

7there came to him a woman who had an alabaster box of very costly ointment; and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table.

9For this could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

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Cross References

John 12:4Then said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, who was about to deliver him up:

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 →

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