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


In Context

5 but they said, Not in the feast, that there be not a tumult among the people.

6 But Jesus being in Bethany, in Simon the leper's house,

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

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

9 for this might have been sold for much and been given to the poor.

10 But Jesus knowing it said to them, Why do ye trouble the woman? for she has wrought a good work toward 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 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?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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