Matthew 26:8

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

But {G1161} when his {G846} disciples {G3101} saw {G1492} it, they had indignation {G23}, saying {G3004}, To {G1519} what purpose {G5101} is this {G3778} waste {G684}?

When the talmidim saw it, they became very angry. "Why this waste?" they asked.

When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • John 12:4 (8 votes)

    Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's [son], which should betray him,

  • John 12:6 (8 votes)

    This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

  • Mark 14:4 (6 votes)

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

  • Exodus 5:17 (3 votes)

    But he said, Ye [are] idle, [ye are] idle: therefore ye say, Let us go [and] do sacrifice to the LORD.

  • Haggai 1:2 (2 votes)

    Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built.

  • Haggai 1:4 (2 votes)

    [Is it] time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house [lie] waste?

  • Ecclesiastes 4:4 (2 votes)

    ¶ Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.