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Matthew 26:7

World English Bible

a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.

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Matthew 26:7 in other translations

there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.

Matthew 26:7 · American Standard Version

Matthew 26:7 in context

  1. 5But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”
  2. 6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
  3. 7a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.
  4. 8But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?
  5. 9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.”