John 12:5
“Why wasn't this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth three hundred denarii.”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
In Context
4But one of the disciples, Judas Iscariot, who would later betray Jesus, asked,
Cross References
Exodus 5:8But still make them produce the same quantity of bricks as before. They're lazy people—that's why they're calling out, asking, ‘Please let us go and offer sacrifices to our god.’
Ezra 4:14Now because we are in the king's service and it is not right for us to see Your Majesty disrespected, we are sending this letter so that you can be informed,
Malachi 1:10I really wish one of you would shut the Temple doors to stop you lighting pointless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you, says the Lord Almighty, and I will not accept offerings from you.
Matthew 26:8But when the disciples saw what she did, they were upset.“What a terrible waste!” they objected.
Mark 14:4Some of those who were there became annoyed and said, “Why waste this perfume?
Luke 12:33Sell what you have, and give the money to the poor. Get yourselves purses that don't wear out: treasure in heaven that will never run out, where no thief can steal it and no moth can destroy it.
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 →