John 12:5

“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”

English Majority Text (NT)

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, son of Simon, who was about to betray Him, said,

6This he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to pilfer the things which were placed in it.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:8But when His disciples saw it, they became indignant, saying, “Why this waste?

Mark 14:4But some were expressing indignation to one another and saying, “Why has this waste of the perfume occurred?

Luke 12:33Sell your possessions and give alms; make for yourselves money bags which do not grow old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where a thief does not come near, nor does a moth destroy.

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 →

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