Bible verse
When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?
Matthew 26:8 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 26.
4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
5 “But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
6 While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,
7 a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.
8 When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?
9 This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”
10 Aware of this, Jesus asked, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
11 The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
12 By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.
KJV
But when his disciples saw [it], they had indignation, saying, To what purpose [is] this waste?
ASV
But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
ERV
But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
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