Matthew 26:9

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • Josh 7:20-21 : 20 Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: 21 when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonian mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
  • 1 Sam 15:9 : 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and wouldn't utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
  • 1 Sam 15:21 : 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal.
  • 2 Kgs 5:20 : 20 But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: as Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
  • Mark 14:5 : 5 For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii,{300 denarii was about a years wages for an agricultural laborer.} and given to the poor." They grumbled against her.
  • John 12:5-6 : 5 "Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii,{300 denarii was about a year's wages for an agricultural laborer.} and given to the poor?" 6 Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
  • 2 Pet 2:15 : 15 forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrong-doing;

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  • John 12:3-8
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    3Mary, therefore, took a pound{a Roman pound of 12 ounces, or about 340 grams} of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

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

    5"Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii,{300 denarii was about a year's wages for an agricultural laborer.} and given to the poor?"

    6Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.

    7But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.

    8For you always have the poor with you, but you don't always have me."

  • Mark 14:2-9
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    2For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."

    3While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard-- very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.

    4But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted?

    5For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii,{300 denarii was about a years wages for an agricultural laborer.} and given to the poor." They grumbled against her.

    6But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.

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

    8She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.

    9Most assuredly I tell you, wherever this Gospel may be preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her."

  • Matt 26:6-8
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    6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

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

    8But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?

  • Matt 26:10-15
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    10But Jesus, knowing this, said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me.

    11For you always have the poor with you; but you don't always have me.

    12For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

    13Most assuredly I tell you, wherever this Gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her."

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

    15and said, "What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?" They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.

  • Luke 7:44-47
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    44Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.

    45You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.

    46You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

    47Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little."

  • John 13:29
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    29For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, "Buy what things we need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.

  • Luke 7:37-39
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    37Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment.

    38Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

    39Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner."

  • John 11:2
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    2It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.

  • Mark 12:41-44
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    41Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.

    42A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins,{Literally, lepta (or widow's mites). Lepta are very small brass coins worth half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker's daily wages.} which equal a quadrans coin.{A quadrans is a coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius is about one day's wages for an agricultural laborer.}

    43He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,

    44for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on."

  • Luke 21:1-5
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    1He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.

    2He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.{literally, "two lepta." 2 lepta was about 1% of a day's wages for an agricultural laborer.}

    3He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,

    4for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."

    5As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,

  • Matt 13:46
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    46who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

  • 1 Chr 9:30
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    30Some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices.

  • Exod 25:6
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    6oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,

  • Matt 27:9-10
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    9Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, "They took the thirty pieces of silver, The price of him upon whom a price had been set, Whom some of the children of Israel priced,

    10And they gave them for the potter's field, As the Lord commanded me."

  • Luke 16:1
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    1He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

  • Acts 4:37
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    37having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.

  • Luke 18:22-23
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    22When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me."

    23But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.