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


In Context

5 But they said, |Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.|

6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

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.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:8When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. "Why this waste?" they asked.

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 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?