Matthew 26:10
But Jesus, knowing this, said to them, “Why are you troubling this woman? For she has done a beautiful thing for me.
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9This could have been sold for a large amount and given to the poor.”
11You always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:18I told them that the good hand of my God was on me and also about the king's words that he had spoken to me. They said, “Let us rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
Mark 14:6But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you troubling her? She has done a beautiful thing for me.
2 Corinthians 9:8And God is able to make all grace overflow for you, so that, always, in all things, you may have all you need. This will be so that you may multiply every good deed.
Galatians 5:12As for those who are disturbing you, I wish they would castrate themselves!
Ephesians 2:10For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good deeds that God planned long ago for us, so that we would walk in them.
2 Thessalonians 2:17comfort and establish your hearts 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 →