7there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.


In Context

4 and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.

5 But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among people.

6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

7 there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.

8 But when the 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.

Matthew 26:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:7There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat [at meat. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:7a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:7There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he was at table.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:7a woman, having an alabaster flask of very precious ointment, came to him and poured it out upon his head as he lay at table.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:7there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:7There came to him a woman having an alabaster-box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he sat at table.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:7a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:7there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious, and she poured on his head as he is reclining (at meat).

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:7There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.