John 12:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Exod 5:8 : 8 And the quota of bricks, which they made before, you shall lay upon them; you shall not diminish anything from it: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
  • Exod 5:17 : 17 But he said, You are idle, you are idle: therefore you say, Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.
  • Amos 8:5 : 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the balances with deceit?
  • Mal 1:10-13 : 10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nothing? Neither do you kindle fire on my altar for nothing. I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, nor will I accept an offering from your hand. 11 For from the rising of the sun even to its going down my name shall be great among the nations; and in every place incense shall be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, says the LORD of hosts. 12 But you have profaned it, in that you say, The table of the LORD is defiled; and its produce, even its food, is contemptible. 13 You said also, Behold, what a weariness it is! and you have sneered at it, says the LORD of hosts; and you brought what was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus you brought an offering: should I accept this from your hand? says the LORD.
  • Matt 20:2 : 2 And when he had agreed with the laborers 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 who 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 given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
  • Luke 6:41 : 41 And why do you behold the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the beam that is in your own eye?
  • Luke 12:33 : 33 Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys.
  • Luke 18:22 : 22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said to him, Yet you lack one thing: sell all that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall 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%

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

    7There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at the table.

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

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

    10When Jesus understood it, he said to them, Why trouble you the woman? for she has worked a good work on me.

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

    12For in that she has poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

    13Truly I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, what this woman has done, be told for a memorial of her.

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

    15And said to them, What will you give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they agreed with him for thirty pieces of silver.

  • Mark 14:2-11
    10 verses
    87%

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

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

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

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

    6And Jesus said, Leave her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a good work on me.

    7For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you will you may do them good; but me you do not have always.

    8She has done what she could; she has come beforehand to anoint my body for the burial.

    9Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the whole world, this also that she has done shall be spoken of in memory of her.

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

    11And 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%

    6This he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money bag, and used to take what was put in it.

    7Then Jesus said, Leave her alone; she has kept this for the day of my burial.

    8For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.

  • John 12:3-4
    2 verses
    80%

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

    4Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who would betray him, said,

  • John 13:28-29
    2 verses
    77%

    28Now no one at the table knew for what reason he said this to him.

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

  • Mark 12:41-43
    3 verses
    72%

    41Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much.

    42Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a penny.

    43So he called his disciples to him and said to them, 'Truly I say to you, that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury;

  • Zech 11:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12I said to them, If it seems good to you, give me my wages, and if not, refrain. So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.

    13The LORD said to me, 'Throw it to the potter—that princely price they set on me.' So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

  • John 11:2
    71%

    2(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%

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

  • Matt 27:3
    70%

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

  • Luke 7:46
    70%

    46My head with oil you did not anoint: but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment.

  • Luke 22:47-48
    2 verses
    70%

    47And while he was still speaking, behold, a multitude, and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near to Jesus to kiss him.

    48But Jesus said to him, Judas, do you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?

  • John 6:5
    70%

    5When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company coming to him, he said to Philip, Where shall we buy bread, so these may eat?

  • Matt 27:9
    70%

    9Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah 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%

    7Philip 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%

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

  • Luke 21:1
    69%

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

  • Luke 21:5
    69%

    5And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,

  • John 13:25-26
    2 verses
    69%

    25Then, leaning back on Jesus' breast, he said to him, Lord, who is it?

    26Jesus answered, It is he to whom I shall give a piece of bread when I have dipped it. And having dipped the bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

  • Matt 26:47
    69%

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

  • Luke 7:37
    69%

    37And, behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat to eat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

  • Mark 14:20
    68%

    20And he answered and said to them, It is one of the twelve who dips with me in the dish.

  • Acts 4:37
    68%

    37Having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.