John 12:5

American Standard Version (1901)

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the poor?

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  • Exod 5:8 : 8 And the number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
  • Exod 5:17 : 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.
  • Amos 8:5 : 5 saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
  • Mal 1:10-13 : 10 Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle [fire on] mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. 11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name [shall be] great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense [shall be] offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name [shall be] great among the Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts. 12 But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of Jehovah is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even its food, is contemptible. 13 Ye say also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts; and ye have brought that which was taken by violence, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the offering: should I accept this at your hand? saith Jehovah.
  • Matt 20:2 : 2 And when he had agreed with the laborers for a shilling a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
  • Matt 26:8-9 : 8 But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9 For this [ointment] might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
  • Mark 14:4-5 : 4 But there were some that had indignation among themselves, [saying], To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made? 5 For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
  • Luke 6:41 : 41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
  • Luke 12:33 : 33 Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.
  • Luke 18:22 : 22 And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
  • John 6:7 : 7 Philip answered him, Two hundred shillings' worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 26:6-15
    10 verses
    88%

    6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

    7 there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.

    8 But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

    9 For this [ointment] might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

    10 But Jesus perceiving it said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

    11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

    12 For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

    13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

    14 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,

    15 and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver.

  • Mark 14:2-11
    10 verses
    87%

    2 for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people.

    3 And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure nard very costly; [and] she brake the cruse, and poured it over his head.

    4 But there were some that had indignation among themselves, [saying], To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?

    5 For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

    6 But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

    7 For ye have the poor always with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do them good: but me ye have not always.

    8 She hath done what she could; she hath anointed my body beforehand for the burying.

    9 And verily I say unto you, Wheresoever the gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

    10 And Judas Iscariot, he that was one of the twelve, went away unto the chief priests, that he might deliver him unto them.

    11 And they, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently deliver him [unto them] .

  • John 12:6-8
    3 verses
    84%

    6 Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.

    7 Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.

    8 For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.

  • John 12:3-4
    2 verses
    80%

    3 Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.

    4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, that should betray him, saith,

  • John 13:28-29
    2 verses
    77%

    28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.

    29 For some thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said unto him, Buy what things we have need of for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

  • Mark 12:41-43
    3 verses
    72%

    41 And he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

    42 And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.

    43 And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than all they that are casting into the treasury:

  • Zech 11:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty [pieces] of silver.

    13 And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter, the goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty [pieces] of silver, and cast them unto the potter, in the house of Jehovah.

  • John 11:2
    71%

    2 And it was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

  • Luke 22:5
    70%

    5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.

  • Matt 27:3
    70%

    3 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

  • Luke 7:46
    70%

    46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she hath anointed my feet with ointment.

  • Luke 22:47-48
    2 verses
    70%

    47 While he yet spake, behold, a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them; and he drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.

    48 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?

  • John 6:5
    70%

    5 Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude cometh unto him, saith unto Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat?

  • Matt 27:9
    70%

    9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was priced, whom [certain] of the children of Israel did price;

  • John 6:7
    70%

    7 Philip answered him, Two hundred shillings' worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.

  • Matt 27:6
    70%

    6 And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.

  • Luke 21:1
    69%

    1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury.

  • Luke 21:5
    69%

    5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and offerings, he said,

  • John 13:25-26
    2 verses
    69%

    25 He leaning back, as he was, on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?

    26 Jesus therefore answereth, He it is, for whom I shall dip the sop, and give it him. So when he had dipped the sop, he taketh and giveth it to Judas, [the son] of Simon Iscariot.

  • Matt 26:47
    69%

    47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priest and elders of the people.

  • Luke 7:37
    69%

    37 And behold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner; and when she knew that he was sitting at meat in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster cruse of ointment, [

  • Mark 14:20
    68%

    20 And he said unto them, [It is] one of the twelve, he that dippeth with me in the dish.

  • Acts 4:37
    68%

    37 having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.

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