Matthew 26:8
And having seen [it], His disciples were much displeased, saying, “To what purpose [is] this waste?
Literal Standard 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 ointment could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.”
Cross References
Exodus 5:17And he says, “Remiss—you are remiss, therefore you are saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to YHWH;
Ecclesiastes 4:4And I have seen all the labor, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbor. Even this [is] vanity and distress of spirit.
Haggai 1:2“Thus spoke YHWH of Hosts, saying, This people—they have said, || The time has not come, || The time the house of YHWH [is] to be built.”
Malachi 1:13And you have said, Behold, what a weariness, || And you have puffed at it,” said YHWH of Hosts, || “And you have brought in plunder, || And the lame and the sick, || And you have brought in the present! Do I accept it from your hand?” said YHWH.
John 12:4Therefore one of His disciples—Judas Iscariot, of Simon, who is 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 →