And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? Treasury of Scripture there. Ecclesiastes 4:4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor... Matthew 26:8,9 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste... John 12:4,5 Then said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him... Why. Ecclesiastes 5:4-8 When you vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay that which you have vowed... Malachi 1:12,13 But you have profaned it, in that you say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible...
Context Jesus Anointed at Bethany
3And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she broke the box, and poured it on his head. 4And there were some that 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 have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. 6And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble you her? she has worked a good work on me. 7For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you will you may do them good: but me you have not always. 8She has done what she could: she is come beforehand to anoint my body to the burying. 9Truly I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
But there were some that had indignation among themselves,'saying , To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said: Why was this waste of the ointment made?
Darby Bible Translation
And there were some indignant in themselves, and saying, Why has this waste been made of the ointment?
King James Bible
And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
Young's Literal Translation
and there were certain much displeased within themselves, and saying, 'For what hath this waste of the ointment been made?
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