Matthew 26:9
This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
In Context
8When His disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?
10Aware of this, Jesus asked, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:9Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to devote them to destruction, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.
2 Kings 5:20Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
John 12:5“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
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 →