And when his [a]disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, What needed this [b]waste?

For this ointment might have been sold for much, and been given to the poor.

10 [c]And Jesus knowing it, said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:8 This is a figure called Synecdoche: for it is said but of Judas that he was moved thereat, John 12:4.
  2. Matthew 26:8 Unprofitable spending.
  3. Matthew 26:10 We ought not rashly to condemn that which is not orderly done.

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