"But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?"
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Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.
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.
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built.
Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,
But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
But the disciples seeing it became indignant, saying, To what end [was] this waste?
But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?
And having seen `it', his disciples were much displeased, saying, `To what purpose `is' this waste?