Matthew 26:9
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and have been given to the poor.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
In Context
8And when his disciples saw it they were displeased, and said: Why is this waste?
Cross References
John 12:5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?
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 →