4And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
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Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him, …
But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? …
But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. …
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)We have here instances, I. Of the kindness of Christ’s friends , and the provision made of respect and honour for him. Some friends he had, even in and about Jerusalem, that loved him, and never thought they could do enough for him, among whom, though Israel be not gathered, he is, and will be, glorious. 1. Here was one friend , that was so kind as to invite him to sup with him ; and he was so kin…
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