Matthew 26:8
“But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?”
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
Cross-References
“Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,”
“And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?”
“And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.”
“Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?”
“Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.”