Matthew 26:10
And Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, Why do ye trouble the woman? For she hath done a good deed to me.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
9For this might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
11For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.
Cross References
Mark 14:6But Jesus said, Let her alone; why do ye trouble her? A good deed hath she done for me.
2 Corinthians 9:8And God is able to make every blessing abound toward you, that ye, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work;
Galatians 5:12Would that they who unsettle you would quite cut themselves off!
Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God before prepared that we should walk in them.
2 Thessalonians 2:17encourage your hearts, and establish you in every good work and word.
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 →