Matthew 26:10
But Jesus heard it, and said to them, "Why are you vexing her? For she has done a most gracious act towards me.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
9"for this might have been sold for a considerable sum, and the money given to the poor."
11The poor you always have with you, but me you have not always.
Cross References
Mark 14:6But Jesus said, "Leave her alone: why are you troubling her? She has done a most gracious act towards me.
2 Corinthians 9:8And God is able to bestow every blessing on you in abundance, so that richly enjoying all sufficiency at all times, you may have ample means for all good works.
Galatians 5:12Would to God that those who are unsettling your faith would even mutilate themselves.
Ephesians 2:10For we are God's own handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works which He has pre-destined us to practise.
2 Thessalonians 2:17comfort your hearts and make you stedfast 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 →