Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Mark 14:4 - English Standard Version 2016 There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that? Matoleo zaidiKing 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 that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.
For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they scolded her.