Mark 14:5

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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.

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  • John 13:29 : 29 Some 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.)
  • 1 Cor 10:10 : 10 And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 The one who steals must steal no longer; instead he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he will have something to share with the one who has need.
  • Phil 2:14 : 14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing,
  • Jude 1:16 : 16 These people are grumblers and fault-finders who go wherever their desires lead them, and they give bombastic speeches, enchanting folks for their own gain.
  • Exod 16:7-8 : 7 and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your murmurings against the LORD. As for us, what are we, that you should murmur against us?” 8 Moses said,“You will know this when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening and bread in the morning to satisfy you, because the LORD has heard your murmurings that you are murmuring against him. As for us, what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.”
  • Deut 1:27 : 27 You complained among yourselves privately and said,“Because the LORD hates us he brought us from Egypt to deliver us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us!
  • Ps 106:25 : 25 They grumbled in their tents; they did not obey the LORD.
  • Matt 18:28 : 28 After he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins. So he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, saying,‘Pay back what you owe me!’
  • Matt 20:11 : 11 When they received it, they began to complain against the landowner,
  • Luke 15:2 : 2 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining,“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
  • 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.”
  • John 6:43 : 43 Jesus replied,“Do not complain about me to one another.
  • John 12:5-6 : 5 “Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?” 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.)

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    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.

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

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

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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,

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

    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.

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    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.”

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    44Then, turning toward the woman, he said to Simon,“Do you see this woman? I entered your house. You gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

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

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    4For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on.”

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

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