4And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?


In Context

1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.

3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she broke the box, and poured it on his head.

4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble you her? she has worked a good work on me.

Mark 14:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:4And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:4Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, "Why this waste of perfume?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:4Now there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said: Why was this waste of the ointment made?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:4But there were some that had indignation among themselves,'saying , To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4And there were some indignant in themselves, and saying, Why has this waste been made of the ointment?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:4But there were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, |Why has this ointment been wasted?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4and there were certain much displeased within themselves, and saying, 'For what hath this waste of the ointment been made?