Matthew 26:8
But the disciples seeing it became indignant, saying, To what end [was] this waste?
Darby Translation
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 might have been sold for much and been given to the poor.
Cross References
Exodus 5:17And he said, Ye are idle, idle! therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.
Ecclesiastes 4:4And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
Haggai 1:2Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that Jehovah's house should be built.
Malachi 1:13And ye say, Behold, what a weariness! And ye have puffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and ye bring [that which was] torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the oblation: should I accept this of your hand? saith Jehovah.
John 12:4One of his disciples therefore, Judas [son] of Simon, Iscariote, who was about to deliver him up, says,
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 →