Mark 14:6

6 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you cause trouble for her? She has done a good deed to me.

Mark 14:6 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:6

And Jesus said, let her alone
Jesus knowing the secret indignation of some of his disciples, and their private murmurings at the woman, and their continual teasings of her, because of the expense of the ointment, said to them, as the Arabic and Ethiopic versions read; or "to the disciples", as the Persic, let the woman alone, cease to chide and reprove her for what she has done;

why trouble ye her?
why do you grieve her, by charging her with imprudence and extravagance, as if she had been guilty of a very great crime? she is so far from it, that

she hath wrought a good work on me;
she has done me an honour; expressed faith in me, and shown love to me, and ought to be commended, and not reproved; (See Gill on Matthew 26:10).

Mark 14:6 In-Context

4 But some were expressing indignation to one another: "Why has there been this waste of perfumed oil?

5 For this perfumed oil could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor!" And they began to scold her.

6 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you cause trouble for her? She has done a good deed to me.

7 For the poor you always have with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have me.

8 She has done what she could; {she has anointed my body beforehand} for burial.