⁸ When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked.

⁴ Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume?

²⁰ Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!^(A)

²² What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience^(A) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?^(B)

²⁸ without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved—and that by God.