Matthew 26:8
“But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?”
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Matthew 26:8 Context
6¶ Now when Iesus was in Bethanie, in the house of Simon the leper, 7There came vnto him a woman, hauing an alabaster boxe of very precious ointment, and powred it on his head, as he sate at meat. 8But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9For this ointment might haue bin sold for much, and giuen to the poore. 10When Iesus vnderstood it, he said vnto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good worke vpon me.
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But when his disciples saw [it], they had indignation, saying, To what purpose [is] this waste?
- King James Version
But the disciples were indignant when they saw {this,} and said, "Why this waste?
- New American Standard Version (1995)