Matthew 26:7 · KJV
“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
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
But when his disciples saw {it}, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose {is} this waste?
Matthew 26 — Context
But they said, Not on the feast {day}, lest there be an uproar among the people.
6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat {at meat}.
8But when his disciples saw {it}, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose {is} this waste?
9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
Cross References
John 12:2-3
There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
Luke 7:46
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
Luke 7:37-38
And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that {Jesus} sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
Song of Solomon 1:3
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name {is as} ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Psalms 133:2
{It is} like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, {even} Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
Isaiah 57:9
And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase {thyself even} unto hell. {thou...: or, thou respectedst}
Exodus 30:23-33
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred {shekels}, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, {even} two hundred and fifty {shekels}, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty {shekels},