Matthew 26:8
The disciples were indignant at seeing this. “What is this waste for?” they exclaimed.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
In Context
9“It could have been sold for a large sum, and the money given to poor people.”
Cross References
Haggai 1:2The Lord of hosts says: The people say that the time has not yet come to rebuild the temple of the Lord.
Malachi 1:13You say also, ‘How tired we are of all this!’ and you sniff contemptuously at it. You have brought the blind, the lame and the sick as offerings. Should I accept this from your hand?” says the Lord of hosts.
John 12:4One of the disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was about to betray Jesus, asked,
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 →