Matthew 26:10
Then Jesus knowing it, said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath performed a good act upon me:
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
9For this ointment might have been sold for a considerable sum, and given to the poor.
11for the poor ye have always with you, but me ye have not always:
Cross References
Mark 14:6Then said Jesus, Let her alone; why give ye her uneasiness? she hath performed a laudable act towards me.
2 Corinthians 9:8And God is able to make all grace abound towards you; that in every case having always all sufficiency, ye may abound unto every good work:
Galatians 5:12I wish that they who trouble you were cut off from you.
Ephesians 2:10for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, for which God hath before prepared us, that we should walk therein.
2 Thessalonians 2:17comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
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 →