For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor!” 10 But Jesus, knowing this,[a] said to them, “Why do you cause trouble for the woman? For she has done a good deed for me. 11 For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:10 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

“This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”

10 Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 11 The poor you will always have with you,[a](A) but you will not always have me.

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  1. Matthew 26:11 See Deut. 15:11.