Matthew 26:8
But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?
World English 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 ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor.”
Cross References
Exodus 5:17But Pharaoh said, “You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to the LORD.’
Ecclesiastes 4:4Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Haggai 1:2“This is what the LORD of Armies says: These people say, ‘The time hasn’t yet come, the time for the LORD’s house to be built.’”
Malachi 1:13You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ And you have sniffed at it”, says the LORD of Armies; “and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?” says the LORD.
John 12:4Then Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,
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 →