Matthew 26:8 “When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this…”

Matthew 26:8

When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And when his disciples sawe it, they had indignation, saying, What needed this waste?

Darby Translation

But the disciples seeing it became indignant, saying, To what end [was] this waste?

Young's Literal Translation

And having seen [it], his disciples were much displeased, saying, 'To what purpose [is] this waste?

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“they”

John 12:4–6 Mark 14:4 Ecclesiastes 4:4 1 Samuel 17:28 1 Samuel 17:29

John 12:4–6 · BSB

But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,

Mark 14:4 · BSB

Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?

Ecclesiastes 4:4 · BSB

I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

1 Samuel 17:28 · BSB

Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pr…

1 Samuel 17:29 · BSB

“What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”

“To”

Exodus 5:17 Amos 8:5 Haggai 1:2–4 Malachi 1:7–10 Malachi 1:13

Exodus 5:17 · BSB

“You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’

Amos 8:5 · BSB

asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.

Haggai 1:2–4 · BSB

that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”

Malachi 1:7–10 · BSB

By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You ?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.

Malachi 1:13 · BSB

You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.

9This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”

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