Matthew 26:9

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

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  • Josh 7:20-21 : 20 Achan answered Joshua, "Truly, I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel, and this is what I did: 21 When I saw among the spoil a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath."
  • 1 Sam 15:9 : 9 Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, cattle, fatlings, and lambs, and all that was good. They refused to utterly destroy them, but everything despised and worthless, they completely destroyed.
  • 1 Sam 15:21 : 21 But the people took sheep and cattle from the plunder—the best of what was devoted to destruction—to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.
  • 2 Kgs 5:20 : 20 Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said to himself, 'Look, my master has let this Aramean, Naaman, go without accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and take something from him.'
  • Mark 14:5 : 5 It could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they scolded her harshly.
  • John 12:5-6 : 5 "Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" 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.
  • 2 Pet 2:15 : 15 They have abandoned the straight way and gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness.

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  • John 12:3-8
    6 verses
    88%

    3Then 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.

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

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

    6He 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.

    7Jesus 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."

  • Mark 14:2-9
    8 verses
    88%

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

    3While 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Matt 26:6-8
    3 verses
    86%

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

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

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

  • Matt 26:10-15
    6 verses
    84%

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

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

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

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

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

    15and 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.

  • Luke 7:44-47
    4 verses
    75%

    44Turning to the woman, He said to Simon, 'Do you see this woman? I entered your house, and you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

    45You gave Me no kiss, but from the time I came in, she has not stopped kissing My feet.

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

    47Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven, as her great love has shown. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.'

  • John 13:29
    72%

    29Since 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.

  • Luke 7:37-39
    3 verses
    72%

    37And 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.

    38And standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears. She wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed His feet repeatedly, and anointed them with the perfume.

    39When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, 'If this man were a prophet, He would know who and what kind of woman is touching Him—she is a sinner.'

  • 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.)

  • Mark 12:41-44
    4 verses
    70%

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

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

    43Summoning 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.

    44For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, has put in everything she had—all she had to live on.'

  • Luke 21:1-5
    5 verses
    69%

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

    2He also saw a poor widow putting in two small coins.

    3He said, 'Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.'

    4For they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she had to live on.

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

  • Matt 13:46
    68%

    46When he found one very precious pearl, he went away, sold everything he had, and bought it.

  • 1 Chr 9:30
    67%

    30Some of the priests prepared the mix of spices for the ointments.

  • Exod 25:6
    67%

    6oil for the lamp, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

  • Matt 27:9-10
    2 verses
    66%

    9Then 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,'

    10'and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me.'

  • Luke 16:1
    66%

    1Jesus also said to His disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this manager was wasting his possessions.

  • Acts 4:37
    66%

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

  • Luke 18:22-23
    2 verses
    66%

    22When 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.'

    23When he heard this, he became very sorrowful, for he was extremely wealthy.