Matthew 26:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?”
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“When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?”
King James Version · Public Domain“But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And having seen <FI>it<Fi> , his disciples were much displeased, saying, `To what purpose <FI>is<Fi> this waste?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 26:8 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 5:17“You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’
- 1 Samuel 17:28Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
- Ecclesiastes 4:4I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Amos 8:5asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
- Haggai 1:2that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”
- Malachi 1:7By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.
- Malachi 1:13You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.
- Mark 14:4Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?
- John 12:4But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,
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