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Matthew 26:10
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KJ21
When Jesus perceived this, He said unto them, “Why trouble ye the woman? For she hath wrought a good work upon Me.
ASV
But Jesus perceiving it said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
AMP
But Jesus, aware [of the malice] of this [remark], said to them, “Why are you bothering the woman? She has done a good thing to Me.
AMPC
But Jesus, fully aware of this, said to them, Why do you bother the woman? She has done a noble (praiseworthy and beautiful) thing to Me.
BRG
When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
CSB
Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a noble thing for me.
CSBA
Aware of this, Jesus said to them, ‘Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a noble thing for me.
CEB
But Jesus knew what they were thinking. He said, “Why do you make trouble for the woman? She’s done a good thing for me.
CJB
But Yeshua, aware of what was going on, said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing for me.
CEV
Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said: Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing for me.
DARBY
But Jesus knowing [it] said to them, Why do ye trouble the woman? for she has wrought a good work toward me.
DLNT
But having known it, Jesus said to them, “Why are you causing troubles for the woman? For she worked a good work for Me.
DRA
And Jesus knowing it, said to them: Why do you trouble this woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
ERV
But Jesus knew what happened. He said, “Why are you bothering this woman? She did a very good thing for me.
EASY
Jesus knew what his disciples were saying. So he said to them, ‘Do not cause trouble for her. She has done a good thing to me.
EHV
Jesus was aware of this and said to them, “Why are you causing trouble for this woman? She has done a beautiful thing for me.
ESV
But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.
ESVUK
But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.
EXB
Knowing what had happened, Jesus said, “Why are you ·troubling [bothering; criticizing] this woman? She did an ·excellent thing [beautiful/good deed] for me.
GNV
And Jesus knowing it, said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
GW
Since Jesus knew what was going on, he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing for me.
GNT
Jesus knew what they were saying, and so he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? It is a fine and beautiful thing that she has done for me.
HCSB
But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a noble thing for Me.
ICB
But Jesus knew what happened. He said, “Why are you troubling this woman? She did a very beautiful thing for me.
ISV
But knowing this, Jesus asked them, “Why are you bothering the woman? She has done a beautiful thing for me.
PHILLIPS
Back in Bethany, while Jesus was in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster flask of most expensive perfume, and poured it on his head as he was at table. The disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, “What is the point of such wicked waste? Couldn’t this perfume have been sold for a lot of money which could be given to the poor?” Jesus knew what they were saying and spoke to them, “Why must you make this woman feel uncomfortable? She has done a beautiful thing for me. You have the poor with you always, but you will not always have me. When she poured this perfume on my body, she was preparing it for burial. I assure you that wherever the Gospel is preached throughout the whole world, this deed of hers will also be recounted, as her memorial to me.”
JUB
But Jesus, understanding this, said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she has wrought a good work upon me.
KJV
When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
AKJV
When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
LSB
But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you bother the woman? For she has done a good work to Me.
LEB
But Jesus, knowing this, said to them, “Why do you cause trouble for the woman? For she has done a good deed for me.
TLB
Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, “Why are you criticizing her? For she has done a good thing to me.
MSG
When Jesus realized what was going on, he intervened. “Why are you giving this woman a hard time? She has just done something wonderfully significant for me. You will have the poor with you every day for the rest of your lives, but not me. When she poured this perfume on my body, what she really did was anoint me for burial. You can be sure that wherever in the whole world the Message is preached, what she has just done is going to be remembered and admired.”
MEV
When Jesus perceived it, He said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has done a good work for Me.
MOUNCE
But aware of this, · Jesus said to them, “Why are you causing trouble for the woman? For she has done a kind thing to me.
NOG
Since Yeshua knew what was going on, he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing for me.
NABRE
Since Jesus knew this, he said to them, “Why do you make trouble for the woman? She has done a good thing for me.
NASB
But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you bothering the woman? For she has done a good deed for Me.
NASB1995
But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you bother the woman? For she has done a good deed to Me.
NCB
Jesus was aware of their attitude, and he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has performed a good deed for me.
NCV
Knowing what had happened, Jesus said, “Why are you troubling this woman? She did an excellent thing for me.
NET
When Jesus learned of this, he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me.
NIRV
Jesus was aware of this. So he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
NIV
Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
NIVUK
Aware of this, Jesus said to them, ‘Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
NKJV
But when Jesus was aware of it, He said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a good work for Me.
NLV
Jesus knew what they were saying. He said to them, “Why are you giving this woman trouble? She has done a good thing to Me.
NLT
But Jesus, aware of this, replied, “Why criticize this woman for doing such a good thing to me?
NMB
When Jesus understood this he said to them, Why do you trouble the woman? She has wrought a good work upon me.
NRSVA
But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, ‘Why do you trouble the woman? She has performed a good service for me.
NRSVACE
But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, ‘Why do you trouble the woman? She has performed a good service for me.
NRSVCE
But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has performed a good service for me.
NRSVUE
But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has performed a good service for me.
NTFE
Jesus knew what they were thinking. “Why make life difficult for the woman?” he said. “It’s a lovely thing, what she’s done for me.
OJB
Aware of this, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Why are you bringing about difficulty for the isha for the ma’aseh tov (good deed) she does to me.
RGT
And Jesus, knowing it, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a good work for Me.
RSV
But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.
RSVCE
But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.
TLV
But Yeshua, knowing this, said to them, “Why do you cause trouble for this woman? She’s done Me a mitzvah.
VOICE
Jesus knew what the disciples were saying among themselves, so He took them to task. Jesus: Why don’t you leave this woman alone? She has done a good thing.
WEB
However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has done a good work for me.
WE
When Jesus heard it, he said to them, `Why do you trouble the woman? She has done a good thing to me.
WYC
But Jesus knew, and said to them, What be ye heavy to this woman? for she hath wrought in me a good work [she hath wrought a good work in me].
YLT
And Jesus having known, said to them, `Why do ye give trouble to the woman? for a good work she wrought for me;
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