Matthew 26:8
When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?
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- John 12:4–6 But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked, “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?” Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
- Mark 14:4 Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?
- Exodus 5:17 “You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’