Matthew 26:8

And the disciples seeing (this) had disdain, and said, Whereto is this loss?

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7a woman that had a box of alabaster of precious ointment, came to him, and shedded it out on the head of him resting (or and poured it out upon his head while he was resting).

9for it might be sold for much [or for this might have been sold for much], and be given to poor men.

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Cross References

Exodus 5:17(But) Pharaoh said, Ye give attention to idleness, and therefore ye say, Go we, and make we sacrifice (s) to the Lord;

Ecclesiastes 4:4Again I beheld all the travails of men, and busynesses; and I perceived that those be open to [the] envy of the neighbour; and therefore in this is vanity, (or and so this is emptiness and futility), and superfluous busyness.

Haggai 1:2The Lord of hosts saith these things, and speaketh, This people saith, Yet cometh not the time of the house of the Lord to be builded. (The Lord of hosts speaketh these things, and saith, This people saith, The time hath not yet come for the House of the Lord, or the Temple, to be rebuilt.)

Malachi 1:13And ye said, Lo! of travail; and ye have blown it away, saith the Lord of hosts. And ye brought in of ravens a crooked thing, and sick, and brought (it) in (as) a gift; whether I shall receive it of your hand? saith the Lord. (And ye said, Behold! so much trouble! or how wearisome! and ye have blown it all away, saith the Lord of hosts. And then ye have brought in from your robberies a lame thing, or a sick thing, and brought it in as a gift (for me); shall I receive it from your hand? saith the Lord. No!)

John 12:4Therefore Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, that was to betray him, said,

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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