Matthew 26:9

New International Version

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

Cross References

2 Kings 5:20

Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said to himself, “My master was too easy on Naaman, this Aramean, by not accepting from him what he brought. As surely as the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

Matthew 26:10

Aware of this, Jesus 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 were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked.

Mark 14:5

It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly.

2 Peter 2:15

They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer, who loved the wages of wickedness.

1 Samuel 15:21

The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”

1 Samuel 15:9

But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.