Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?
But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,
When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?
“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.