Verse 8

But when his disciples sawe it, they had indignation, saying: to what purpose is this waste?

Referenced Verses

• Exod 5:17 : 17 He sayde: you are idle, idle are you: and therfore you say, we will go, and do sacrifice vnto the Lorde.
• 1 Sam 17:28-29 : 28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake vnto the men, and Eliab was angrye with Dauid, & sayde: Why camest thou downe hyther? and with whom hast thou left those fewe sheepe in the wildernes: I know thy pride and the malice of thyne heart, that thou art come downe to see the battel. 29 And Dauid sayde: And what haue I nowe done? is there not a cause?
• Mark 14:4 : 4 And there were some, that had indignation within them selues, and sayde: what neded this waste of oyntment?
• John 12:4-6 : 4 Then sayde one of his disciples, euen Iudas Iscariot Simons sonne, which shoulde betraye hym. 5 Why was not this oyntment solde for three hundred pence, and geuen to the poore? 6 This he sayde, not that he cared for the poore: but because he was a thiefe, and had the bagge, and bare that which was geuen.
• Eccl 4:4 : 4 Agayne, I sawe that all trauayle and diligence of labour that euery man taketh in hande, was done of enuie agaynst his neighbour: This is also a vayne thyng, and a vexation of mynde.
• Amos 8:5 : 5 Saying, When will the new moneth be gone, that we may sell corne? & the Sabbath, that we may set foorth wheate, and make the Epha small, & the sicle great, & falsifie the wayghtes by deceite?
• Hag 1:2-4 : 2 Thus speaketh the Lorde of hoastes, saying: This people sayth, The time is not yet come for the Lordes house to be buylded. 3 Then came the worde of the Lorde by the ministerie of the prophete Aggeus, saying: 4 Is it time for you your selues to dwel in seeled houses, and this house lie wast?
• Mal 1:7-9 : 7 Ye offer vpon myne aulter vncleane bread, and say, Wherein haue we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lorde is not to be regarded. 8 When ye bring the blinde for sacrifice, you say it is not euil: and when ye bring the lame and sicke, you say it is not euil: offer it nowe to thy prince, wyll he be content with thee, or accept thy person, saith the Lorde of hoastes? 9 And now I pray you, pray before God, that he may haue mercie vpon vs: (this euill hath ben done by your meanes) wyll he regarde your persons, saith the Lorde of hoastes? 10 Who is there euen among you that would shutte the doores, and kindle not fire on myne aulter in vaine? I haue no pleasure in you, saith the Lorde of hoastes, neither wyll I accept an offering at your hande.
• Mal 1:13 : 13 And ye saide, beholde it is a weerynesse, and you haue snuffed at it saith the Lorde of hoastes, and ye haue offered the stolne, and the lame, and the sicke, ye haue offered an offering: shoulde I accept this of your handes, saith the lorde?