Matthew 26:8
But the disciples seeing it, were much displeased, saying, To what purpose is this waste?.
Noyes Bible
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 might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 4:4And I saw all labor, and all success in work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.
Haggai 1:2Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: This people saith, The time is not yet come, the time that the house of Jehovah should be built.
Malachi 1:13Ye say also, “Behold, what weariness!” And ye snuff at it, Saith Jehovah of hosts; And ye bring that which is plundered, and lame, and sick, And present it for an offering; Shall I accept it at your hand? Saith Jehovah.
John 12:4But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, he who was about to betray him, saith,
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 →