Matthew 26:10
But Jesus, knowing this, said to them: “Why are you bothering this woman? For she has done a good deed to me.
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In Context
9For this could have been sold for a great deal, so as to be given to the poor.”
11For the poor you will always have with you. But you will not always have me.
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:18And I revealed to them how the hand of my God was with me for good, and the words of the king, which he had spoken to me. And I said: “Let us rise up, and build.” And their hands were strengthened for good.
Mark 14:6But Jesus said: “Permit her. What is the reason that you trouble her? She has done a good deed for me.
2 Corinthians 9:8And God is able to make every grace abound in you, so that, always having what you need in all things, you may abound unto every good work,
Galatians 5:12And I wish that those who disturb you would be torn away.
Ephesians 2:10For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has prepared and in which we should walk.
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 →