Verse 5

Why was not this oyntment solde for three hundred pence, and geuen to the poore?

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 5:8 : 8 And the number of bricke which they were wont to make in tyme passed, lay vnto their charges also, and minishe nothing therof: for they be idell, and therfore crye, saying: we wyll go, and do sacrifice vnto our God.
  • Exod 5:17 : 17 He sayde: you are idle, idle are you: and therfore you say, we will go, and do sacrifice vnto the Lorde.
  • Amos 8:5 : 5 Saying, When will the new moneth be gone, that we may sell corne? & the Sabbath, that we may set foorth wheate, and make the Epha small, & the sicle great, & falsifie the wayghtes by deceite?
  • Mal 1:10-13 : 10 Who is there euen among you that would shutte the doores, and kindle not fire on myne aulter in vaine? I haue no pleasure in you, saith the Lorde of hoastes, neither wyll I accept an offering at your hande. 11 From the rysing of the sunne vnto the going downe of the same my name is great among the gentiles, and in euery place incense shalbe offred to my name, & a pure offering: for my name is great among the very heathen, saith the Lord of hoastes. 12 But ye haue polluted it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted, & the fruite thereof, euen his meate is not to be regarded. 13 And ye saide, beholde it is a weerynesse, and you haue snuffed at it saith the Lorde of hoastes, and ye haue offered the stolne, and the lame, and the sicke, ye haue offered an offering: shoulde I accept this of your handes, saith the lorde?
  • Matt 20:2 : 2 And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, & sent them into his vineyarde.
  • Matt 26:8-9 : 8 But when his disciples sawe it, they had indignation, saying: to what purpose is this waste? 9 This oyntment might haue ben well solde, and geuen to the poore.
  • Mark 14:4-5 : 4 And there were some, that had indignation within them selues, and sayde: what neded this waste of oyntment? 5 For it myght haue ben solde for more then three hundred pence, and haue ben geuen to the poore. And they grudged agaynst her.
  • Luke 6:41 : 41 And why seest thou a moate in thy brothers eye: but considerest not the beame that is in thyne owne eye?
  • Luke 12:33 : 33 Sell that ye haue, and geue almes: and prepare you bagges whiche waxe not olde, euen a treasure that fayleth not in heauen, where no thiefe cometh, neither moth corrupteth.
  • Luke 18:22 : 22 When Iesus hearde that, he sayde vnto hym: Yet lackest thou one thyng. Sell all that thou hast, and distribute vnto the poore, & thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come, folowe me.
  • John 6:7 : 7 Philip aunswered hym: Two hundred penie worth of bread are not sufficient for them, that euery man may take a litle.