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


In Context

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.

10 And Jesus knowing it, said to them: Why do you trouble this woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon 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 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?

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?