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Matthew 26:8

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But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?

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Matthew 26:8 in other translations

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

Matthew 26:8 · American Standard Version

Matthew 26:8 in context

  1. 6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
  2. 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.
  3. 8But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?
  4. 9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.”
  5. 10However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has done a good work for me.