King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 26:7
โThere came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat [at meat].โ
Verse in context โ Matthew 26
5
But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar among the people.
6
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
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There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat [at meat].
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But when his disciples saw [it], they had indignation, saying, To what purpose [is] this waste?
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For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
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