Matthew 26:8
King James Version
But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
Matthew 26:8 in context
Matthew 26:6
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Matthew 26:7
There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
Matthew 26:8SELECTED VERSE
But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
Matthew 26:9
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
Matthew 26:10
When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.