Matthew 26:9 - The Scriptures 1998

⁹ “For this perfume could have been sold for much and given to the poor.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ For this perfume might have been sold for a large sum and the money given to the poor.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁹ This perfume could have been sold for a lot of money and given to the poor.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ For this could have been sold for a great deal, so as to be given to the poor."

Matthew 26:9 Cross References

2 Kings 5:20

But Gĕ

Matthew 26:10

However, when יהושע  noticed it, He said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a good work toward Me.

Matthew 26:8

And when His taught ones saw it, they were much displeased saying, “To what purpose is this waste?

Mark 14:5

“For it could have been sold for more than three hundred pieces of silver and given to the poor.” And they were scolding her.

2 Peter 2:15

having left the right way they went astray, having followed the way of Bilʽ

1 Samuel 15:21

“But the people took of the spoil, of the sheep and cattle, the best of that which should have been put under the ban, to slaughter to יהוה  your Elohim in Gilgal.”

1 Samuel 15:9

But Sha’ul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, and the cattle, and the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not put them under the ban. But all goods despised and worthless, that they put under the ban.