And when[a] the disciples saw it[b] they were indignant, saying, “Why[c] this waste? For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor!” 10 But Jesus, knowing this,[d] said to them, “Why do you cause trouble for the woman? For she has done a good deed for me.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:8 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Matthew 26:8 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Matthew 26:8 Literally “for what” reason
  4. Matthew 26:10 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation