Mark 14:4

New Living Translation

Some of those at the table were indignant. “Why waste such expensive perfume?” they asked.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.

Matthew 20:24

When the ten other disciples heard what James and John had asked, they were indignant.

Mark 14:3

Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy. While he was eating, a woman came in with a beautiful alabaster jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard. She broke open the jar and poured the perfume over his head.

Mark 14:5

“It could have been sold for a year’s wages and the money given to the poor!” So they scolded her harshly.