Matthew 26:8
And when his disciples sawe it, they had indignation, saying, What needed this waste?
Geneva Bible 1599
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 oyntment might haue bene solde for much, and bene giuen to the poore.
Cross References
Exodus 5:17But he said, Ye are to much idle: therfore ye say, Let vs goe to offer sacrifice to the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 4:4Also I beheld all trauaile, and all perfection of workes that this is ye enuie of a man against his neighbour: this also is vanitie and vexation of spirit.
Haggai 1:2Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, saying, This people say, The time is not yet come, that the Lords House should be builded.
Malachi 1:13Ye said also, Beholde, it is a wearines, and ye haue snuffed at it, sayth the Lord of hostes, and ye offred that which was torne, and the lame and the sicke: thus yee offred an offring: shoulde I accept this of your hand, sayth the Lord?
John 12:4Then said one of his disciples, euen Iudas Iscariot Simons sonne, which should betray him:
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 →