Matthew 26:8
But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
In Context
9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
Cross References
Exodus 5:17But he said, All of you are idle, all of you are idle: therefore all of you say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
Ecclesiastes 4:4Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Haggai 1:2Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built.
Malachi 1:13All of you said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and all of you have snuffed at it, says the LORD of hosts; and all of you brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus all of you brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? says the LORD.
John 12:4Then says one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should 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 →