Matthew 26:10
But being aware Jesus said to them: “Why are you bothering the woman? She has done something beautiful to me.
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In Context
9For this perfume could have been sold for a good deal and given to the poor.”
11You will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.
Cross References
Mark 14:6But Jesus said: “Leave her alone! Why are you bothering her? She has done something useful to me.
2 Corinthians 9:8Further, God is able to make all ‘grace’ abound toward you, that always having all sufficiency in everything you may abound to every good work —
Galatians 5:12I do wish that those who are upsetting you would just remove themselves!
Ephesians 2:10You see, we are His ‘poem’, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance in order that we should walk in them.
2 Thessalonians 2:17encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and work.
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 →