Matthew 26:8
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?
In context
6 While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,
7 a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.
8 When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?
9 This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”
10 Aware of this, Jesus asked, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
Matthew 26:8 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?
- KJV King James Version
- But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
- WEB World English Bible
- But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?
- ASV American Standard Version
- But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And having seen [it], his disciples were much displeased, saying, 'To what purpose [is] this waste?
- DBY Darby Translation
- But the disciples seeing it became indignant, saying, To what end [was] this waste?
- WBS Webster Bible
- But when his disciples saw it , they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?