Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Les disciples, voyant cela, s'indignèrent, et dirent: A quoi bon cette perte?
KJV
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?
KJV
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