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Matthew 26:8
“But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?”
Verse in context — Matthew 26
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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? Because she has done a good work for me.
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