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


In Context

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

10 But Jesus perceiving it said unto them, Why trouble ye the 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 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 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?