John 12:5

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"Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?"

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  • Exod 5:8 : 8 But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don't reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, 'Let us go and offer sacrifices to our God.'
  • Exod 5:17 : 17 Pharaoh said, "Lazy! That’s what you are—lazy! That is why you keep saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.'
  • Amos 8:5 : 5 saying, 'When will the new moon be over, so we may sell grain, and the Sabbath end, so we may market wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the scales with deceit?
  • Mal 1:10-13 : 10 Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors so you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you, says the LORD of Hosts, and I will not accept any offerings from your hands. 11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting, my name will be great among the nations. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of Hosts. 12 But you profane it by saying, 'The LORD's table is defiled, and its food is contemptible.' 13 You say, 'What a burden!' and you sniff at it with contempt, says the LORD of Hosts. When you bring stolen, lame, or sick animals and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept them from your hands? says the LORD.
  • Matt 20:2 : 2 He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
  • Matt 26:8-9 : 8 When His disciples saw this, they were indignant and said, "Why this waste?" 9 This perfume could have been sold for a large amount and given to the poor.
  • Mark 14:4-5 : 4 Some of those present were indignant and said to one another, "Why this waste of the perfume? 5 It could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they scolded her harshly.
  • Luke 6:41 : 41 Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
  • Luke 12:33 : 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make for yourselves purses that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
  • Luke 18:22 : 22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, 'You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'
  • John 6:7 : 7 Philip answered him, 'Two hundred denarii worth of bread wouldn’t be enough for everyone to have even a little.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 26:6-15
    10 verses
    88%

    6 While Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

    7 a woman approached Him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume and poured it on His head as He reclined at the table.

    8 When His disciples saw this, they were indignant and said, "Why this waste?"

    9 This perfume could have been sold for a large amount and given to the poor.

    10 Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing for Me.

    11 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have Me.

    12 By pouring this perfume on My body, she has prepared Me for burial.

    13 Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.

    14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

    15 and said, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him over to you?" So they counted out thirty pieces of silver for him.

  • Mark 14:2-11
    10 verses
    87%

    2 But they said, "Not during the feast, so that there won't be an uproar among the people."

    3 While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the house of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured it on his head.

    4 Some of those present were indignant and said to one another, "Why this waste of the perfume?

    5 It could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they scolded her harshly.

    6 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you troubling her? She has done a beautiful thing for me.

    7 For you will always have the poor with you, and you can help them whenever you want, but you will not always have me.

    8 She did what she could; she anointed my body beforehand for burial.

    9 Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.

    10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.

    11 When they heard this, they were glad and promised to give him money. So he began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

  • John 12:6-8
    3 verses
    84%

    6 He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the money box and would steal from what was put into it.

    7 Jesus replied, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of My burial preparation."

    8 "For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have Me."

  • John 12:3-4
    2 verses
    80%

    3 Then Mary took a pound of pure, expensive nard perfume, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped His feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

    4 But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples (the one who was about to betray Him), said,

  • John 13:28-29
    2 verses
    77%

    28 But no one at the table understood why He said this to him.

    29 Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought Jesus was telling him, 'Buy what we need for the festival,' or that he should give something to the poor.

  • Mark 12:41-43
    3 verses
    72%

    41 Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and watched how the crowd was putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large amounts.

    42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small coins, which amounted to a penny.

    43 Summoning his disciples, he said to them, 'Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box.

  • Zech 11:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12 I said to them, 'If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.' So they weighed out my wages—thirty pieces of silver.

    13 Then the LORD said to me, 'Throw it to the potter—the splendid price at which they valued me!' So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD to the potter.

  • John 11:2
    71%

    2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, is the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair.)

  • Luke 22:5
    70%

    5 They were glad and agreed to give him money.

  • Matt 27:3
    70%

    3 Then Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned. Feeling remorse, he returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders.

  • Luke 7:46
    70%

    46 You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.

  • Luke 22:47-48
    2 verses
    70%

    47 While he was still speaking, a crowd came, and the man called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him.

    48 But Jesus said to him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"

  • John 6:5
    70%

    5 When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, 'Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?'

  • Matt 27:9
    70%

    9 Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: 'They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,'

  • John 6:7
    70%

    7 Philip answered him, 'Two hundred denarii worth of bread wouldn’t be enough for everyone to have even a little.'

  • Matt 27:6
    70%

    6 The chief priests picked up the silver pieces and said, 'It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.'

  • Luke 21:1
    69%

    1 Looking up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury.

  • Luke 21:5
    69%

    5 Some people were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, and he said,

  • John 13:25-26
    2 verses
    69%

    25 Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, 'Lord, who is it?'

    26 Jesus answered, 'It is the one to whom I will give the piece of bread after I have dipped it.' And having dipped the piece of bread, He gave it to Judas, Simon Iscariot's son.

  • Matt 26:47
    69%

    47 While He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people.

  • Luke 7:37
    69%

    37 And behold, a woman in the town who was a sinner learned that Jesus was reclining at the Pharisee's house. She brought an alabaster jar of perfume.

  • Mark 14:20
    68%

    20 He replied, "It is one of the twelve, one who dips bread into the dish with me.

  • Acts 4:37
    68%

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