Matthew 26:10
And Jesus knowing, said to them, Why do you give the woman trouble? because she hath wrought a beautiful work in me.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
9For this was able to be sold for much, and given to the poor.
11For you have the poor with you always; but you have not me always.
Cross References
Mark 14:6And Jesus said, Let her alone; why do you give her trouble? she hath wrought a beautiful work in me.
2 Corinthians 9:8But God is able to make all grace abound unto you; in order that, always having all sufficiency in every thing, you may abound unto every good work: as has been written,
Galatians 5:12I would that those troubling you shall indeed cut themselves off.
Ephesians 2:10for we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God before prepared that we should walk in them.
2 Thessalonians 2:17comfort your hearts, and establish you 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 →