Mark 14:4

But there were men of the disciples who were displeased among themselves, and said, Why make destruction of this balsam?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

In Context

3And when he was at Bethania in the house of Shemun the leper, as he reclined, there came a woman who had with her a vase of the balsam of the choicest nard of great prices; and she opened it, and poured it upon the head of Jeshu.

5for it could have been sold for more than three hundred dinoreen, and given to the poor. And they were angry with her.

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Cross References

John 12:4And Jihuda Scarjuta, one of his disciples, he who would betray him said,

Matthew Henry on Mark 14:2-12

Christ Anointed at Bethany; Judas Engages to Betray Christ. 1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. 2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. 3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.… Read the whole commentary →

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