Matthew 26:9
It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!”
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- Josh 7:20-21 : 20 Achan told Joshua,“It is true. I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel in this way: 21 I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, two hundred silver pieces, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath.”
- 1 Sam 15:9 : 9 However, Saul and the army spared Agag, along with the best of the flock, the cattle, the fatlings, and the lambs, as well as everything else that was of value. They were not willing to slaughter them. But they did slaughter everything that was despised and worthless.
- 1 Sam 15:21 : 21 But the army took from the plunder some of the sheep and cattle– the best of what was to be slaughtered– to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.”
- 2 Kgs 5:20 : 20 Gehazi, the prophet Elisha’s servant, thought,“Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him. As certainly as the LORD lives, I will run after him and accept something from him.”
- Mark 14:5 : 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.
- 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.)
- 2 Pet 2:15 : 15 By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
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- John 12:3-86 verses88%
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.
8For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”
- Mark 14:2-98 verses88%
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.”
- Matt 26:6-83 verses86%
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?
- Matt 26:10-156 verses84%
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.
- Luke 7:44-474 verses75%
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.
45You gave me no kiss of greeting, but from the time I entered she has not stopped kissing my feet.
46You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfumed oil.
47Therefore I tell you, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, thus she loved much; but the one who is forgiven little loves little.”
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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.)
- Luke 7:37-393 verses72%
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.
38As she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the perfumed oil.
39Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself,“If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”
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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.)
- Mark 12:41-444 verses70%
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.
44For they all gave out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had.”
- Luke 21:1-55 verses69%
1The Widow’s Offering Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box.
2He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
3He said,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.
4For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on.”
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,
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46When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.
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30(But some of the priests mixed the spices.)
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6oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for fragrant incense,
- Matt 27:9-102 verses66%
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,
10and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”
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1The Parable of the Clever Steward Jesus also said to the disciples,“There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.
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37sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and placed it at the apostles’ feet.
- Luke 18:22-232 verses66%
22When 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.”
23But when the man heard this he became very sad, for he was extremely wealthy.