8But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?


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 meat.

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 you the woman? for she has worked a good work on me.

Matthew 26:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:8But when his disciples saw [it,] they had indignation, saying, To what purpose [is] this waste?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:8When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. "Why this waste?" they asked.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:8And the disciples seeing it, had indignation, saying: To what purpose is this waste?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:8But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:8But the disciples seeing it became indignant, saying, To what end was this waste?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:8But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:8But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:8But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, |Why this waste?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:8And having seen it, his disciples were much displeased, saying, 'To what purpose is this waste?