Matthew 26:8

James Moffatt - New Testament

When the disciples saw this they were angry. "What is the use of this waste?" they said;

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This angered some of those present. "What was the use of wasting perfume like this?

When the ten heard of this, they were angry at the two brothers,

a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of expensive perfume which she poured over his head as he lay at table.

"the perfume might have been sold for a good sum, and the poor might have got that."