Mark 14:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?”
Mark 14:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Mark 14:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Mark 14:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, “Why has this ointment been wasted?”
Mark 14:4 — World English Bible
Mark 14:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But there were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made? ”
Mark 14:4 — American Standard Version
Mark 14:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and there were certain much displeased within themselves, and saying, `For what hath this waste of the ointment been made?”
Mark 14:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Mark 14:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And there were some indignant in themselves, and saying, Why has this waste been made of the ointment? ”
Mark 14:4 — Darby Translation
Mark 14:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Therefore some disdained among themselues, and sayde, To what ende is this waste of oyntment?”
Mark 14:4 — Geneva Bible
Mark 14:4 in Context — Mark 14
2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
3 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.
4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
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.
6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
What Does Mark 14:4 Mean?
Mark 14:4 is a verse from the Book of Mark, part of the New Testament. It appears in Mark chapter 14. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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