John 12:5

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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  • 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.

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  • Matt 26:6-15
    10 verses
    88%

    6When Iesus was in Bethanie, in the house of Simon the leper,

    7There came vnto him a woman, hauing an Alabaster boxe of precious oyntment, and powred it on his head, as he sate at the boorde.

    8But when his disciples sawe it, they had indignation, saying: to what purpose is this waste?

    9This oyntment might haue ben well solde, and geuen to the poore.

    10When Iesus vnderstode that, he saide vnto them: Why trouble ye the woma? for she hath wrought a good worke vppon me.

    11For ye haue the poore alwayes with you: but me shall ye not haue alwayes.

    12For in that she hath cast this oyntment on my body, she dyd it to bury me.

    13Ueryly I say vnto you, wheresoeuer this Gospell shalbe preached in the world, there shall also this that she hath done, be tolde for a memoriall of her.

    14Then one of the twelue, called Iudas Iscariot, wet vnto ye chiefe priestes,

    15And sayde vnto them: What wyll ye geue me, and I wyll delyuer hym vnto you? And they appoynted vnto hym thirtie peeces of syluer.

  • Mark 14:2-11
    10 verses
    87%

    2But they sayde: not in the feast day, lest any busines arise among the people.

    3And when he was at Bethanie, in the house of Simon the leper, euen as he sate at meate, there came a woman hauyng an alabaster boxe of very precious oyntment, called Narde pisrike, and she brake the boxe, and powred it on his head.

    4And there were some, that had indignation within them selues, and sayde: what neded this waste of oyntment?

    5For it myght haue ben solde for more then three hundred pence, and haue ben geuen to the poore. And they grudged agaynst her.

    6And Iesus sayde: let her alone, why trouble ye her? She hath done a good worke on me.

    7For ye haue poore with you alwayes, and whensoeuer ye wyll, ye may do the good: but me haue ye not alwayes.

    8She hath done that she coulde: she came aforehande, to annoynt my body to the burying.

    9Ueryly I say vnto you, whersoeuer this Gospel shalbe preached, throughout the whole worlde, this also that she hath done, shalbe rehearsed, in remembraunce of her.

    10And Iudas Iscariot, one of the twelue, went away vnto ye hye priestes, to betray hym vnto them.

    11When they hearde that, they were glad, and promised that they woulde geue hym money. And he sought howe he myght conueniently betray hym.

  • John 12:6-8
    3 verses
    84%

    6This he sayde, not that he cared for the poore: but because he was a thiefe, and had the bagge, and bare that which was geuen.

    7Then sayde Iesus: Let her alone, agaynst the day of my burying hath she kept this.

    8For the poore alwayes shall ye haue with you: but me haue ye not alwayes.

  • John 12:3-4
    2 verses
    80%

    3Then toke Marie a pounde of oyntment of Spike narde, very costly, and annoynted Iesus feete, and wyped his feete with her heere: and the house was fylled with the odoure of the oyntment.

    4Then sayde one of his disciples, euen Iudas Iscariot Simons sonne, which shoulde betraye hym.

  • John 13:28-29
    2 verses
    77%

    28That wiste no man at the table, for what intent he spake vnto hym.

    29Some of the thought, because Iudas had the bagge, that Iesus had sayde vnto hym, bye those thynges that we haue neede of agaynst the feast: or, that he shoulde geue somethyng to ye poore.

  • Mark 12:41-43
    3 verses
    72%

    41And when Iesus sate ouer agaynst the treasurie, he behelde howe the people put money into the treasurie: And many that were rich, cast in much.

    42And there came a certayne poore widdowe, & she threwe in two mites, which make a farthyng.

    43And he called vnto hym his disciples, and sayth vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, that this poore widdowe hath cast more in, then all they which haue cast into the treasurie.

  • Zech 11:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12And I saide vnto them, If ye thinke it good, bring hither my wages: if no, then leaue. So they wayed downe thirtie siluer pence, the value that I was prysed at.

    13And the Lorde saide vnto me, Cast it vnto the potter, a goodly pryce for me to be valued at of them. And I toke the thirtie siluer pence, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lorde.

  • John 11:2
    71%

    2(It was that Marie which anoynted ye Lorde with oyntment, and wyped his feete with her heere, whose brother Lazarus was sicke.)

  • Luke 22:5
    70%

    5And they were glad, and promised to geue him money.

  • Matt 27:3
    70%

    3Then Iudas, whiche had betrayed hym, seyng that he was condempned, repented hym selfe, and brought agayne the thirtie peeces of syluer, to the chiefe priestes and elders,

  • Luke 7:46
    70%

    46Myne head with oyle thou dyddest not anoynt: but she hath anoynted my feete with oyntment.

  • Luke 22:47-48
    2 verses
    70%

    47Whyle he yet spake, behold there came a company, and he that was called Iudas, one of the twelue, went before the, & preassed nye vnto Iesus to kisse hym.

    48But Iesus sayde vnto hym: Iudas, betrayest thou the sonne of man with a kisse?

  • John 6:5
    70%

    5When Iesus then lyft vp his eyes, and sawe a great company come vnto him, he saith vnto Philip: Whence shal we bye bread, that these may eate?

  • Matt 27:9
    70%

    9(Then was fulfylled that, which was spoken by Ieremie the prophet, saying: And they toke thirtie siluer peeces, the price of hym that was valued, whom they bought of the children of Israel:

  • John 6:7
    70%

    7Philip aunswered hym: Two hundred penie worth of bread are not sufficient for them, that euery man may take a litle.

  • Matt 27:6
    70%

    6And the chiefe priestes toke the peeces of syluer, and sayde: It is not lawfull for to put the into the treasurie, because it is the price of blood.

  • Luke 21:1
    69%

    1As he beheld, he sawe the ryche men whiche caste their gyftes into the treasurie.

  • Luke 21:5
    69%

    5And vnto some, that spake of the temple, howe it was garnisshed with goodlie stones and gyftes, he sayde.

  • John 13:25-26
    2 verses
    69%

    25He then, when he leaned on Iesus brest, sayde vnto hym: Lorde, who is it?

    26Iesus aunswered: He it is to whom I geue a sop when I haue dipped it. And he wet the sop, and gaue it to Iudas Iscariot, Simons sonne.

  • Matt 26:47
    69%

    47Whyle he yet spake, loe Iudas, one of the twelue, came, and with hym a great multitude, with swordes & staues, from the chiefe priestes and elders of the people.

  • Luke 7:37
    69%

    37And beholde, a woman in that citie, which was a sinner, assoone as she knewe that Iesus sate at meate in the pharisees house, she brought an alabaster boxe of oyntment:

  • Mark 14:20
    68%

    20He aunswered and sayde vnto them: It is one of the twelue, euen he that dyppeth with me in the platter.

  • Acts 4:37
    68%

    37When he had lande, solde it, and layde the money downe at the Apostles feete.