Matthew 26:8
And the disciples seeing it, had indignation, saying: To what purpose is this waste?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 given to the poor.
Cross References
Exodus 5:17And he said: You are idle, and therefore you say: Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 4:4Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighhour: so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care.
Haggai 1:2Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: This people saith: The time is not yet come for building the house of the Lord.
Malachi 1:13And you have said: Behold of our labour, and you puffed it away, saith the Lord of hosts, and you brought in of rapine the lame, and the sick, and brought in an offering: shall I accept it at your hands, saith the Lord?
John 12:4Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, he that was about 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 →