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


In Context

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.

11 For you always have the poor with you; but you don't 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:9"This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money 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 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.