John 12:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Exod 5:8 : 8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish [ought] thereof: for they [be] 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] do sacrifice to the LORD.
  • Amos 8:5 : 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
  • Mal 1:10-13 : 10 Who [is there] even among you that would shut the doors [for nought]? neither do ye kindle [fire] on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD 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 heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. 12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD [is] polluted; and the fruit thereof, [even] his meat, [is] contemptible. 13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness [is it]! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought [that which was] torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.
  • Matt 20:2 : 2 ‹And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.›
  • Matt 26:8-9 : 8 But when his 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 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? 5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been 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 perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?›
  • Luke 12:33 : 33 ‹Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.›
  • Luke 18:22 : 22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, ‹Yet lackest thou one thing: 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 pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them 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 box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat [at meat].

    8 But when his 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 When Jesus understood [it], he 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 hath poured this ointment on my body, she did› [it] ‹for my burial.›

    13 ‹Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world,› [there] ‹shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.›

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

    15 And said [unto them], What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

  • Mark 14:2-11
    10 verses
    87%

    2 But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar of the people.

    3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured [it] on his head.

    4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

    5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

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

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

    8 ‹She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.›

    9 ‹Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world,› [this] ‹also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.›

    10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.

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

  • John 12:6-8
    3 verses
    84%

    6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

    7 Then said Jesus, ‹Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.›

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

  • John 12:3-4
    2 verses
    80%

    3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

    4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's [son], which should betray him,

  • 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 [of them] thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy [those things] that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

  • Mark 12:41-43
    3 verses
    72%

    41 ¶ And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

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

    43 And he called [unto him] his disciples, and saith unto them, ‹Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:›

  • Zech 11:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

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

    13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty [pieces] of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

  • John 11:2
    71%

    2 (It was [that] Mary which 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, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again 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 this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.›

  • Luke 22:47-48
    2 verses
    70%

    47 ¶ And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and 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 When Jesus then lifted up [his] eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, ‹Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?›

  • Matt 27:9
    70%

    9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;

  • John 6:7
    70%

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

  • Matt 27:6
    70%

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

  • Luke 21:1
    69%

    1 ¶ And he looked up, and saw the rich men 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 gifts, he said,

  • John 13:25-26
    2 verses
    69%

    25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?

    26 Jesus answered, ‹He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped› [it]. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave [it] to Judas Iscariot, [the son] of Simon.

  • 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 priests and elders of the people.

  • Luke 7:37
    69%

    37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that [Jesus] sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

  • Mark 14:20
    68%

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

  • Acts 4:37
    68%

    37 Having land, sold [it], and brought the money, and laid [it] at the apostles' feet.

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