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


In Context

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.

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

Matthew 26:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:9For this might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:9for this might have been sold for much and been given to the poor.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:9for this ointment could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.