John 12:5

“Why wasn't this oil sold for 300 denarii and given to the poor?”

Family 35 New Testament

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, Simon's son (who was about to betray Him), said,

6(Now he did not say this because the poor mattered to him, but because he was a thief and had the money box; and used to pilfer what was put in it.)

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Cross References

Matthew 26:8But upon seeing it His disciples were indignant saying: “Why this waste?

Mark 14:4But there were some who were expressing indignation to one another and saying: “To what purpose was this perfume wasted?

Luke 12:33Sell your possessions and give to charity. Make for yourselves ‘purses’ that will not wear out, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where a thief cannot approach, nor 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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