John 12:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?”

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  • Exod 5:8 : 8 But you must require of them the same quota of bricks that they were making before. Do not reduce it, for they are slackers. That is why they are crying,‘Let us go sacrifice to our God.’
  • Exod 5:17 : 17 But Pharaoh replied,“You are slackers! Slackers! That is why you are saying,‘Let us go sacrifice to the LORD.’”
  • Amos 8:5 : 5 You say,“When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We’re eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales!
  • Mal 1:10-13 : 10 “I wish that one of you would close the temple doors, so that you no longer would light useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“and I will no longer accept an offering from you. 11 For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. 12 “But you are profaning it by saying that the table of the Lord is common and its offerings despicable. 13 You also say,‘How tiresome it is.’ You turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“and instead bring what is stolen, lame, or sick. You bring these things for an offering! Should I accept this from you?” asks the LORD.
  • Matt 20:2 : 2 And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard.
  • Matt 26:8-9 : 8 When the disciples saw this, they became indignant and said,“Why this waste? 9 It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!”
  • Mark 14:4-5 : 4 But some who were present indignantly said to one another,“Why this waste of expensive ointment? 5 It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” So they spoke angrily to her.
  • Luke 6:41 : 41 Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?
  • Luke 12:33 : 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out– a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
  • Luke 18:22 : 22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him,“One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
  • John 6:7 : 7 Philip replied,“Two hundred silver coins worth of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 26:6-15
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    88%

    6Jesus’ Anointing Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,

    7a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfumed oil, and she poured it on his head as he was at the table.

    8When the disciples saw this, they became indignant and said,“Why this waste?

    9It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!”

    10When Jesus learned of this, he said to them,“Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me.

    11For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!

    12When she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

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

    14The Plan to Betray Jesus Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

    15and said,“What will you give me to betray him into your hands?” So they set out thirty silver coins for him.

  • Mark 14:2-11
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    87%

    2For they said,“Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.”

    3Jesus’ Anointing Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head.

    4But some who were present indignantly said to one another,“Why this waste of expensive ointment?

    5It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” So they spoke angrily to her.

    6But Jesus said,“Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.

    7For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!

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

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

    10The Plan to Betray Jesus Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus into their hands.

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

  • John 12:6-8
    3 verses
    84%

    6(Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)

    7So Jesus said,“Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.

    8For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”

  • John 12:3-4
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    3Then Mary took three quarters of a pound of expensive aromatic oil from pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus. She then wiped his feet dry with her hair.(Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.)

    4But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples(the one who was going to betray him) said,

  • John 13:28-29
    2 verses
    77%

    28(Now none of those present at the table understood why Jesus said this to Judas.

    29Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him to buy whatever they needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.)

  • Mark 12:41-43
    3 verses
    72%

    41The Widow’s Offering Then he sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts.

    42And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.

    43He called his disciples and said to them,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.

  • Zech 11:12-13
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    71%

    12Then I said to them,“If it seems good to you, pay me my wages, but if not, forget it.” So they weighed out my payment– thirty pieces of silver.

    13The LORD then said to me,“Throw to the potter that exorbitant sum at which they valued me!” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the temple of the LORD.

  • John 11:2
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    2(Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

  • Luke 22:5
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    5They were delighted and arranged to give him money.

  • Matt 27:3
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    3Judas’ Suicide Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders,

  • Luke 7:46
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    46You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfumed oil.

  • Luke 22:47-48
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    70%

    47Betrayal and Arrest While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd appeared, and the man named Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He walked up to Jesus to kiss him.

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

  • John 6:5
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    5Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip,“Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?”

  • Matt 27:9
    70%

    9Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:“They took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israel,

  • John 6:7
    70%

    7Philip replied,“Two hundred silver coins worth of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little.”

  • Matt 27:6
    70%

    6The chief priests took the silver and said,“It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

  • Luke 21:1
    69%

    1The Widow’s Offering Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box.

  • Luke 21:5
    69%

    5The Signs of the End of the Age Now while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,

  • John 13:25-26
    2 verses
    69%

    25Then the disciple whom Jesus loved leaned back against Jesus’ chest and asked him,“Lord, who is it?”

    26Jesus replied,“It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish.” Then he dipped the piece of bread in the dish and gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son.

  • Matt 26:47
    69%

    47Betrayal and Arrest While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and elders of the people.

  • Luke 7:37
    69%

    37Then when a woman of that town, who was a sinner, learned that Jesus was dining at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfumed oil.

  • Mark 14:20
    68%

    20He said to them,“It is one of the twelve, one who dips his hand with me into the bowl.

  • Acts 4:37
    68%

    37sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and placed it at the apostles’ feet.