John 12:5

“Why was not this perfume sold for a year’s wages, and the money given to poor people?”

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In The King James Version

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

In Context

4One of the disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was about to betray Jesus, asked,

6He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, being in charge of the purse, used to take what was put in it.

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Cross References

Malachi 1:10“If only one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you could not kindle useless fires on my altar! I have no pleasure in you,” says the Lord of hosts, “Nor will I accept an offering from your hand.

Matthew 26:8The disciples were indignant at seeing this. “What is this waste for?” they exclaimed.

Mark 14:4Some of those who were present said to one another indignantly, “Why has the perfume been wasted like this?

Luke 12:33“Sell what belongs to you, and give in charity. Make yourselves purses that will not wear out – an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near, or moth works ruin.

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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