Matthew 26:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Exod 5:17 : 17 But he said, You are idle, you are idle: therefore you say, Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 17:28-29 : 28 Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men and Eliab's anger burned against David. He said, Why have you come down here? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the wickedness of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle. 29 David said, What have I done now? Is there not a cause?
  • Mark 14:4 : 4 And there were some who had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
  • John 12:4-6 : 4 Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who would betray him, said, 5 Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor? 6 This he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money bag, and used to take what was put in it.
  • Eccl 4:4 : 4 Again, I considered all the toil and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
  • Amos 8:5 : 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the balances with deceit?
  • Hag 1:2-4 : 2 Thus says the LORD of hosts: This people say, 'The time has not come, the time for the LORD'S house to be built.' 3 Then the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 Is it time for you, yourselves, to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies in ruins?
  • Mal 1:7-9 : 7 You offer defiled bread upon my altar; and you say, How have we polluted you? In that you say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. 8 And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? Offer it now to your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept you? says the LORD of hosts. 9 And now, I pray you, plead with God that he will be gracious to us: this has been by your means: will he regard you? says the LORD of hosts. 10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nothing? Neither do you kindle fire on my altar for nothing. I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, nor will I accept an offering from your hand.
  • Mal 1:13 : 13 You said also, Behold, what a weariness it is! and you have sneered at it, says the LORD of hosts; and you brought what was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus you brought an offering: should I accept this from your hand? says the LORD.

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    2But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.

    3And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at dinner, there came a woman with an alabaster box of very precious ointment of spikenard; and she broke the box and poured it on his head.

    4And there were some who had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

    5For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

    6And Jesus said, Leave her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a good work on me.

  • Matt 26:9-10
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    9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

    10When Jesus understood it, he said to them, Why trouble you the woman? for she has worked a good work on me.

  • Matt 26:6-7
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    6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

    7There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at the table.

  • John 12:3-7
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    3Then Mary took a pound of very costly spikenard ointment, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

    4Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who would betray him, said,

    5Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor?

    6This he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money bag, and used to take what was put in it.

    7Then Jesus said, Leave her alone; she has kept this for the day of my burial.

  • Matt 26:12-13
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    12For in that she has poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

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    8She has done what she could; she has come beforehand to anoint my body for the burial.

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  • Matt 21:12-13
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