Verse 5

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.