Matthew 26:8

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

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

Matthew 26:8 — American Standard Version

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Context — Matthew 26

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5But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among people.

6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

7there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.

8But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

9For this [ointment] might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

10But Jesus perceiving it said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

11For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

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