But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.(Matthew 26:5)

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,(Matthew 26:6)

There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.(Matthew 26:7)

But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.(Matthew 26:9)

When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.(Matthew 26:10)

For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.(Matthew 26:11)

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Matthew 26:8 - Cross Reference

And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. (1 Samuel 17:28)

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built. (Haggai 1:2)

But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. (Exodus 5:17)

Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him, (John 12:4)

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? (Amos 8:5)

And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? (Mark 14:4)

Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. (Malachi 1:13)

Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. (Malachi 1:7)

Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. (Ecclesiastes 4:4)