Matthew 26:8 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁸ But when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, For what purpose is all this waste?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

Common English Bible

⁸ Now when the disciples saw it they were angry and said, “Why this waste?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ But the disciples, seeing this, were indignant, saying: "What is the purpose of this waste?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And the disciples seeing it, had indignation, saying: To what purpose is this waste?

Matthew 26:8 Cross References

Exodus 5:17

But he said, “You are idle, you are idle; therefore you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Amos 8:5

saying, “When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great, and deal deceitfully with false balances,

Malachi 1:13

‘What a weariness this is,’ you say, and you sniff at me, says the Lord of hosts. You bring what has been taken by violence or is lame or sick, and this you bring as your offering! Shall I accept that from your hand? says the Lord.

Matthew 20:24

And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers.

Matthew 26:7

a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head, as he sat at table.

Matthew 26:9

For this ointment might have been sold for a large sum, and given to the poor.”

Mark 14:4

But there were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment thus wasted?