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


In Context

4 And they consulted together, that by subtilty they might apprehend Jesus, and put him to death.

5 But they said: Not on the festival day, lest perhaps there should be a tumult among the people.

6 And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,

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

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

9 For this 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 American Standard 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 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.