Matthew 26:8

And when his disciples saw it they were displeased, and said: Why is this waste?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

In Context

7there came to him a woman having a vase of aromatic ointment very precious, and she poured it on the head of Jesus as he was reclining.

9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and have been given to the poor.

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Cross References

John 12:4Then said Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, he that was about to 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 →

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