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


In Context

7 There came to him a woman having an alabaster-box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he sat at table.

8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

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

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

11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:10Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to 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 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.