4Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, "Why this waste of perfume?
4Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, "Why this waste of perfume?
1 Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some sly way to arrest Jesus and kill him.
2 "But not during the Feast," they said, "or the people may riot."
3 While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.
4 Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, "Why this waste of perfume?
5 It could have been sold for more than a year's wages and the money given to the poor." And they rebuked her harshly.
6 "Leave her alone," said Jesus. "Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
14:4And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
14:4Now there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said: Why was this waste of the ointment made?
14:4But there were some that had indignation among themselves,'saying , To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?
14:4And there were some indignant in themselves, and saying, Why has this waste been made of the ointment?
14:4But there were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?
14:4And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
14:4But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, |Why has this ointment been wasted?
14:4and there were certain much displeased within themselves, and saying, 'For what hath this waste of the ointment been made?
14:4And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?