Matthew 26:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

And when his disciples sawe it, they had indignation, saying, What needed this waste?

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  • Exod 5:17 : 17 But he said, Ye are to much idle: therfore ye say, Let vs goe to offer sacrifice to the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 17:28-29 : 28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake vnto the men, and Eliab was verie angrie with Dauid, and sayde, Why camest thou downe hither? and with whome hast thou left those fewe sheepe in the wildernesse? I knowe thy pride and the malice of thine heart, that thou art come downe to see the battell. 29 Then Dauid sayde, What haue I nowe done? Is there not a cause?
  • Mark 14:4 : 4 Therefore some disdained among themselues, and sayde, To what ende is this waste of oyntment?
  • John 12:4-6 : 4 Then said one of his disciples, euen Iudas Iscariot Simons sonne, which should betray him: 5 Why was not this oyntment sold for three hundreth pence, and giuen to the poore? 6 Nowe he said this, not that he cared for the poore, but because hee was a theefe, and had the bagge, and bare that which was giuen.
  • Eccl 4:4 : 4 Also I beheld all trauaile, & all perfection of workes that this is ye enuie of a man against his neighbour: this also is vanitie & vexation of spirit.
  • Amos 8:5 : 5 Saying, When will the newe moneth bee gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheate, and make the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifie the weights by deceit?
  • Hag 1:2-4 : 2 Thus speaketh the Lorde of hostes, saying, This people say, The time is not yet come, that the Lords House should be builded. 3 Then came the worde of the Lorde by the ministerie of the Prophet Haggai, saying, 4 Is it time for your selues to dwell in your sieled houses, and this House lie waste?
  • Mal 1:7-9 : 7 Ye offer vncleane bread vpon mine altar, and you say, Wherein haue we polluted thee? In that ye say the table of the Lord is not to be regarded. 8 And if yee offer the blinde for sacrifice, it is not euill: and if ye offer the lame and sicke, it is not euill: offer it nowe vnto thy prince: will he be content with thee, or accept thy person, saieth the Lord of hostes? 9 And nowe, I pray you, pray before God, that he may haue mercie vpon vs: this hath beene by your meanes: will hee regard your persons, sayth the Lord of hostes? 10 Who is there euen among you, that would shut the doores? and kindle not fire on mine altar in vaine, I haue no pleasure in you, sayeth the Lorde of hostes, neither will I accept an offering at your hande.
  • Mal 1:13 : 13 Ye said also, Beholde, it is a wearines, and ye haue snuffed at it, sayth the Lord of hostes, and ye offred that which was torne, and the lame and the sicke: thus yee offred an offring: shoulde I accept this of your hand, sayth the Lord?

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    2But they sayde, Not in the feast day, least there be any tumult among the people.

    3And when hee was in Bethania in the house of Simon the leper, as he sate at table, there came a woman hauing a boxe of oyntment of spikenarde, very costly, and shee brake the boxe, and powred it on his head.

    4Therefore some disdained among themselues, and sayde, To what ende is this waste of oyntment?

    5For it might haue bene sold for more then three hundreth pence, and bene giuen vnto the poore, and they murmured against her.

    6But Iesus saide, Let her alone: why trouble yee her? Shee hath wrought a good worke on me.

  • Matt 26:9-10
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    9For this oyntment might haue bene solde for much, and bene giuen to the poore.

    10And Iesus knowing it, sayde vnto them, Why trouble yee the woman? For shee hath wrought a good woorke vpon me.

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    6And when Iesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,

    7There came vnto him a woman, which had a boxe of very costly oyntment, and powred it on his head, as he sate at the table.

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    3Then tooke Mary a pound of oyntment of Spikenarde very costly, and anoynted Iesus feete, and wiped his feete with her heare, and the house was filled with the sauour of the oyntment.

    4Then said one of his disciples, euen Iudas Iscariot Simons sonne, which should betray him:

    5Why was not this oyntment sold for three hundreth pence, and giuen to the poore?

    6Nowe he said this, not that he cared for the poore, but because hee was a theefe, and had the bagge, and bare that which was giuen.

    7Then said Iesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying she kept it.

  • Matt 26:12-13
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    12For in that shee powred this oyntment on my bodie, shee did it to burie me.

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    8She hath done that she coulde: she came afore hand to anoynt my body to the burying.

    9Verely I say vnto you, wheresoeuer this Gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done, shalbe spoken of in remembrance of her.

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    15Then hee made a scourge of small cordes, and draue them all out of the Temple with the sheepe and oxen, and powred out the changers money, and ouerthrewe the tables,

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    37And beholde, a woman in the citie, which was a sinner, when she knewe that Iesus sate at table in the Pharises house, shee brought a boxe of oyntment.

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    45He went also into the Temple, and began to cast out them that solde therein, and them that bought,

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    15And they came to Hierusalem, & Iesus went into the Temple, & began to cast out them that solde and bought in the Temple, and ouerthrewe the tables of the money changers, and the seates of them that solde doues.

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