NET Bible
"But some who were present indignantly said to one another,“Why this waste of expensive ointment?"
— Mark 14:4, NET Bible
“And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?”
“But there were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made? ”
“But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted?”
“Now there were some that had indignation within themselves and said: Why was this waste of the ointment made?”
“But some of them were angry among themselves, saying, For what purpose has this oil been wasted?”
“And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?”
The Plot Against Jesus Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
For they said,“Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.”
Jesus’ Anointing Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head.
But some who were present indignantly said to one another,“Why this waste of expensive ointment?
It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” So they spoke angrily to her.
But Jesus said,“Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.
For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!