Matthew 26:8
But the disciples, seeing this, were indignant, saying: “What is the purpose of this waste?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
In Context
9For this could have been sold for a great deal, so as to be given to the poor.”
Cross References
Exodus 5:17And he said: “You are idle. And for this reason you say, ‘We shall go and sacrifice to the Lord.’
Ecclesiastes 4:4Again, I was contemplating all the labors of men. And I took notice that their endeavors are open to the envy of their neighbor. And so, in this, too, there is emptiness and superfluous anxiety.
Haggai 1:2Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: This people claims that the time has not yet arrived for building the house of the Lord.
Malachi 1:13And you have said, “Behold our labor,” and you have exhaled it away, says the Lord of hosts. And you brought in by plunder the lame, and the sick, and brought it in as a gift. How can I receive this from your hand, says the Lord?
John 12:4Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was soon to betray him, said,
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 →