Matthew 26:8
King James VersionSource notes
“But when his disciples saw they had indignation, saying, To what purpose this waste?”
Context
5But they said, Not on the feast lest there be an uproar among the people.
6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat
8But when his disciples saw they had indignation, saying, To what purpose this waste?
9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
10When Jesus understood he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
11For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.