Matthew 26:10
And Jesus having known, said to them, “Why do you give trouble to the woman? For a good work she worked for Me;
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In Context
9For this ointment could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.”
11for you always have the poor with you, and you do not always have Me;
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:18And I declare to them the hand of my God that is good on me, and also the words of the king that he said to me, and they say, “Let us rise, and we have built”; and they strengthen their hands for good.
Mark 14:6And Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you giving her trouble? She worked a good work on Me;
2 Corinthians 9:8and God [is] able to cause all grace to abound to you, that in everything always having all sufficiency, you may abound to every good work,
Galatians 5:12O that even they would cut themselves off who are unsettling you!
Ephesians 2:10for we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus on good works, which God prepared before, that we may walk in them.
2 Thessalonians 2:17comfort your hearts, and establish 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 →