4And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?


In Context

1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests, and the scribes, sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

2 But they said, Not on the feast-day, lest there should be an uproar of the people.

3 And being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at table, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard, very precious; and she broke the box, and poured it on his head.

4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

Mark 14:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:4And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:4Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, "Why this waste of perfume?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:4Now there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said: Why was this waste of the ointment made?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:4But there were some that had indignation among themselves,'saying , To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4And there were some indignant in themselves, and saying, Why has this waste been made of the ointment?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:4But there were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, |Why has this ointment been wasted?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4and there were certain much displeased within themselves, and saying, 'For what hath this waste of the ointment been made?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:4And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?