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Matthew 26:9

Poverty and the vulnerableMoney and wealth

7 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.

8 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.

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

11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”
KJV
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
WEB
For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor.”
ASV
For this [ointment] might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
DARBY
for this might have been sold for much and been given to the poor.
BLB
For this could have been sold for much and given to the poor.”
ÅB
Salven kunne jo ha vært solgt for mange penger og gitt til de fattige.»
OTB
Denne parfymen kunne ha blitt solgt for en høy pris og pengene gitt til de fattige.”
B1930
Dette kunde jo være solgt for mange penger og gitt til de fattige.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 12:5–6

    Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

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  • Mark 14:5

    For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

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  • Joshua 7:20–21

    And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

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  • 1 Samuel 15:21

    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.

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  • 1 Samuel 15:9

    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.

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  • 2 Kings 5:20

    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.

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  • 2 Peter 2:15

    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;

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