John 12:5
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
In Context
4Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, he that was about to betray him, said:
Cross References
Exodus 5:8And you shall lay upon them the task of bricks, which they did before, neither shall you diminish any thing thereof: for they are idle, and therefore they cry, saying: Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
Ezra 4:14But we remembering the salt that we have eaten in the palace, and because we count it a crime to see the king wronged, have therefore sent and certified the king,
Malachi 1:10Who is there among you, that will shut the doors, and will kindle the fire on my altar gratis? I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will not receive a gift of your hand.
Matthew 26:8And the disciples seeing it, had indignation, saying: To what purpose is this waste?
Mark 14:4Now there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said: Why was this waste of the ointment made?
Luke 12:33Sell what you possess and give alms. Make to yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth.
Matthew Henry on John 12:2-12
Mary Anoints Christ's Feet; Hypocrisy of Judas; Indignation of the Chief Priests. 1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 4 Then… Read the whole commentary →