[a]There came unto him a woman, which had a [b]box of very costly ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at the table.

And when his [c]disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, What needed this [d]waste?

For this ointment might have been sold for much, and been given to the poor.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:7 For these things were done before Christ came to Jerusalem: and yet some think that the Evangelists recite two histories.
  2. Matthew 26:7 These boxes were of alabaster, which in old time men made hollow to put in ointments: for some write, that alabaster keepeth ointment without corruption, Pliny, book 13, chapter 1.
  3. Matthew 26:8 This is a figure called Synecdoche: for it is said but of Judas that he was moved thereat, John 12:4.
  4. Matthew 26:8 Unprofitable spending.

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