Matthew 26:9

New International Reader's Version

“The perfume could have been sold at a high price. The money could have been given to poor people.”

Cross References

2 Kings 5:20

Gehazi was the servant of Elisha, the man of God. Gehazi said to himself, “My master was too easy on Naaman from Aram. He should have accepted the gift Naaman brought. I’m going to run after him. I’m going to get something from him. And that’s just as sure as the Lord is alive.”

Matthew 26:10

Jesus was aware of this. So he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

Matthew 26:8

When the disciples saw this, they became angry. “Why this waste?” they asked.

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.

2 Peter 2:15

They have left God’s way. They have wandered off. They follow the way of Balaam, son of Beor. He loved to get paid for doing his evil work.

1 Samuel 15:21

The soldiers took sheep and cattle from what had been taken from our enemies. They took the best of what had been set apart to God. They wanted to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”

1 Samuel 15:9

So Saul and the army spared Agag. They spared the best of the sheep and cattle. They spared the fat calves and lambs. They spared everything that was valuable. They weren’t willing to completely destroy any of those things. But they totally destroyed everything that was worthless and weak.