King James Version
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?(Matthew 26:8)
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
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)
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.(Matthew 26:12)

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Matthew 26:9 - Cross Reference

Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; (2 Peter 2:15)
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. (1 Samuel 15:9)
For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. (Mark 14:5)
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. (2 Kings 5:20)
But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal. (1 Samuel 15:21)
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? (John 12:5)
And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: (Joshua 7:20)