⭐WEB · Matthew 26:7
What does Matthew 26:7 mean?
"a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table."
— Matthew 26:7 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.
But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.
But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.”
However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has done a good work for me.
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