Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Mark 14:4 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, *Why has this ointment been wasted? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But there were some who were moved with indignation and said to themselves, To what purpose was the ointment (perfume) thus wasted? American Standard Version (1901) But there were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made? Common English Bible Some grew angry. They said to each other, “Why waste the perfume? Catholic Public Domain Version But there were some who became indignant within themselves and who were saying: "What is the reason for this waste of the ointment? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said: Why was this waste of the ointment made? |
Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
While he was at Beit-Anyah, in the house of Shim`on the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard--very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.
For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor.* They grumbled against her.