Matthew 26:9
For this could have been sold for much, and given to the destitute.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
In Context
8And the disciples, seeing it, were greatly displeased, saying—To what end, this loss?
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:9But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and the oxen and the lambs, also the fatlings, and all that was good, and would not devote them to destruction,—but, all the cattle that was contemptible and diseased, that, devoted they to destruction.
2 Kings 5:20Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said—Lo! my lord, hath restrained, this Naaman the Syrian, by not taking at his hand that which he brought! By the life of Yahweh, verily, I will runs after him, and accept of him, something.
John 12:5Why was, this perfume, not sold for three hundred denaries, and given unto the destitute?
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 →