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


In Context

7 a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.

8 But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, |Why this waste?

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

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

11 For you always have the poor with you; but you don't always have me.

12 For in pouring this ointment 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 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 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 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.