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

Mark 14:4 · KJV

“And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?”

— Mark 14:4

And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured {it} on his head. {spikenard: or, pure nard, or, liquid nard}

Verse 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.

Mark 14 — Context

But they said, Not on the feast {day}, lest there be an uproar of the people.

And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

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

And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

Cross References

John 12:4-5

Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's {son}, which should betray him,

Matthew 26:8-9

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

Ecclesiastes 4:4

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. {every...: Heb. all the rightness of work} {for this...: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour}

Ecclesiastes 5:4-8

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for {he hath} no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

Malachi 1:12-13

But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD {is} polluted; and the fruit thereof, {even} his meat, {is} contemptible.