Verse 8

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

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 5:17 : 17 But he said, You have no love for work: that is why you say, Let us go and make an offering to the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 17:28-29 : 28 And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evil of your heart, you have come down to see the fight. 29 And David said, What have I done now? was it not only a word?
  • Mark 14:4 : 4 But some of them were angry among themselves, saying, For what purpose has this oil been wasted?
  • John 12:4-6 : 4 But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was to give him up), said, 5 Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor? 6 (He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)
  • Eccl 4:4 : 4 And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
  • Amos 8:5 : 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;
  • Hag 1:2-4 : 2 These are the words of the Lord of armies: These people say, The time has not come for building the Lord's house. 3 Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 Is it a time for you to be living in roofed houses while this house is a waste?
  • Mal 1:7-9 : 7 You put unclean bread on my altar. And you say, How have we made it unclean? By your saying, The table of the Lord is of no value. 8 And when you give what is blind for an offering, it is no evil! and when you give what is damaged and ill, it is no evil! Give it now to your ruler; will he be pleased with you, or will you have his approval? says the Lord of armies. 9 And now, make request for the grace of God so that he may have mercy on us: this has been your doing: will he give his approval to any of you? says the Lord of armies. 10 If only there was one among you who would see that the doors were shut, so that you might not put a light to the fire on my altar for nothing! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of armies, and I will not take an offering from your hands.
  • Mal 1:13 : 13 And you say, See, what a weariness it is! and you let out your breath at it, says the Lord of armies; and you have given what has been cut about by beasts, and what is damaged in its feet and ill; this is the offering you give: will this be pleasing to me from your hands? says the Lord.