Mark 14:4

New International Reader's Version

Some of the people there became angry. They said to one another, “Why waste this perfume?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I also saw that a person works hard and accomplishes a lot. But they do it only because they want what another person has. That doesn’t have any meaning either. It’s like chasing the wind.

Matthew 20:24

The other ten disciples heard about this. They became angry at the two brothers.

Mark 14:3

Jesus was in Bethany. He was at the table in the home of Simon, who had a skin disease. A woman came with a special sealed jar. It contained very expensive perfume made out of pure nard. She broke the jar open and poured the perfume on Jesus’ head.

Mark 14:5

It could have been sold for more than a year’s pay. The money could have been given to poor people.” So they found fault with the woman.