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


In Context

5 "But not during the Feast," they said, "or there may be a riot among the people."

6 While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper,

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.

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 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 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?