10Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.


In Context

7 a 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.

8 When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. "Why this waste?" they asked.

9 "This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor."

10 Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

11 The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me.

12 When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

Matthew 26:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:10When Jesus understood [it,] he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:10And Jesus knowing it, said to them: Why do you trouble this woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:10But Jesus perceiving it said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:10But Jesus knowing it said to them, Why do ye trouble the woman? for she has wrought a good work toward me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:10But Jesus perceiving it said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:10When Jesus understood it, he said to them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:10However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, |Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:10And Jesus having known, said to them, 'Why do ye give trouble to the woman? for a good work she wrought for me;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:10When Jesus understood it, he said to them, Why trouble you the woman? for she has worked a good work on me.