Verse 8

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.