Mark 14:4 - Tree of Life Version

⁴ But some got angry and said among themselves, “Why was this fragrant oil wasted?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ But there were some who were moved with indignation and said to themselves, To what purpose was the ointment (perfume) thus wasted?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ But there were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?

Common English Bible

⁴ Some grew angry. They said to each other, “Why waste the perfume?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ But there were some who became indignant within themselves and who were saying: "What is the reason for this waste of the ointment?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Now there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said: Why was this waste of the ointment made?

Mark 14:4 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and all skill that is done come from man’s envy of his neighbor; this too is fleeting and striving after the wind.

Matthew 20:24

Now when the ten heard, they became indignant with the two brothers.

Mark 14:3

And while Yeshua was in Bethany at the house of Simon ha-Metzora, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive oil of pure nard. Breaking open the jar, she poured it over His head.

Mark 14:5

It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor!” And they kept scolding her.