Matthew 26:8

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Exodus 5:17

But [Pharaoh] said, You are idle, lazy and idle! That is why you say, Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all painful effort in labor and all skill in work comes from man's rivalry with his neighbor. This is also vanity, a vain striving after the wind and a feeding on it.

Amos 8:5

Saying, When will the New Moon festival be past that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath that we may offer wheat for sale, making the ephah [measure] small and the shekel [measure] great and falsifying the scales by deceit,

Malachi 1:13

You say also, Behold, what a drudgery and weariness this is! And you have sniffed at it, says the Lord of hosts. And you have brought that which was taken by violence, or the lame or the sick; this you bring as an offering! Shall I accept this from your hand? says the Lord. [Lev. 1:3; Deut. 15:21.]

Matthew 20:24

But when the ten [other disciples] heard this, they were indignant at the two brothers.

Matthew 26:7

A woman came up to Him with an alabaster flask of very precious perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at table.

Matthew 26:9

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

Mark 14:4

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