Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Some of the people there became angry and said to one another, "What was the use of wasting the perfume? New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Now there were some that had indignation within themselves and said: Why was this waste of the ointment made? there. Ecclesiastes 4:4 Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighbour: so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care. Matthew 26:8,9 And the disciples seeing it had indignation, saying: To what purpose is this waste? . . . John 12:4,5 Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, he that was about to betray him, said: . . . Why. Ecclesiastes 5:4-8 If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it. . . . Malachi 1:12,13 And you have profaned it in that you say: The table of the Lord is defiled: and that which is laid thereupon is contemptible with the fire that devoureth it. . . . Context Jesus Anointed at Bethany3And when he was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, and was at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of precious spikenard. And breaking the alabaster box, she poured it out upon his head. 4Now there were some that had indignation within themselves and said: Why was this waste of the ointment made? 5For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred pence and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.… Cross References Matthew 20:24 And the ten, hearing it, were moved with indignation against the two brethren. Mark 14:3 And when he was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, and was at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of precious spikenard. And breaking the alabaster box, she poured it out upon his head. Mark 14:5 For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred pence and given to the poor. And they murmured against her. Jump to Previous Angry Indignant Indignantly Indignation Oil Ointment Perfume Present Purpose Remarking Themselves Waste Wasted WithinJump to Next Angry Indignant Indignantly Indignation Oil Ointment Perfume Present Purpose Remarking Themselves Waste Wasted WithinLinks Mark 14:4 NIVMark 14:4 NLT Mark 14:4 ESV Mark 14:4 NASB Mark 14:4 Bible Apps Mark 14:4 Biblia Paralela Mark 14:4 Chinese Bible Mark 14:4 French Bible Mark 14:4 German Bible Alphabetical: another been But has indignantly of one perfume present remarking saying Some this those to waste wasted were Why NT Gospels: Mark 14:4 But there were some who were indignant (Mar Mk Mr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |