Mark 14:4
King James Version
Translation: KJV
2But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.Select Mark 14:2
3And 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.Select Mark 14:3
4And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?Select Mark 14:4
5For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.Select Mark 14:5
6And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.Select Mark 14:6
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WEB
14:4 But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, “Why has this ointment been wasted?
ASV
14:4 But there were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?
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