a woman came up to him holding an alabaster flask of very expensive perfumed oil, and poured it[a] out on his head while he[b] was reclining at table. And when[c] the disciples saw it[d] they were indignant, saying, “Why[e] this waste? For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor!”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:7 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Matthew 26:7 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was reclining at table”)
  3. Matthew 26:8 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Matthew 26:8 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. Matthew 26:8 Literally “for what” reason