Matthew 26:10
But when Jesus understood it he said to them. "Why are you annoying the woman? This is a beautiful deed she has done for me;
Montgomery New Testament
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11"for the poor you have with you always, but me you will not always have.
Cross References
Mark 14:6So they began upbraiding her, but Jesus said. "Let her alone. Why are you troubling her?
2 Corinthians 9:8And God is able to give you an overflowing measure of every grace, so that all your wants of every kind may be supplied at all times, and you may give of your abundance to every good work;
Galatians 5:12Would to God that those who are trying to unsettle you would even have themselves mutilated.
Ephesians 2:10for we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good deeds, which God predestined us to make our daily way of life.
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 →