Matthew 26:8

New International Version

When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked.

Cross References

Exodus 5:17

Pharaoh said, “Lazy, that’s what you are—lazy! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’

Ecclesiastes 4:4

And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

Amos 8:5

saying, “When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?”— skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales,

Malachi 1:13

And you say, ‘What a burden!’ and you sniff at it contemptuously,” says the Lord Almighty. “When you bring injured, lame or diseased animals and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept them from your hands?” says the Lord.

Matthew 20:24

When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers.

Matthew 26:7

a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.

Matthew 26:9

“This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”

Mark 14:4

Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume?