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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 in other translations
But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?
But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?
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In context
5 But they said, Not on the feast-[day], lest there be an uproar among the people.
6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7 There came to him a woman having an alabaster-box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he sat [at table].
8 But when his disciples saw [it], they had indignation, saying, To what purpose [is] this waste?
9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
10 When Jesus understood [it], he said to them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
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