But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 26:8 in context
Matthew 26:5–11
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But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”
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Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
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a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.
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But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?
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For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor.”
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However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has done a good work for me.
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For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.
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