Mark 14:5

For this was able to be sold for more than three hundred denarii and to be given to the aniyim. And they were reproaching her.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

In Context

4Now some were there who in ka'as (anger) said to one another, For what reason has this waste of ointment taken place?

6But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, Leave her alone. Why are you bringing about difficulty for the isha? Has she not performed one of the Gemilut Chasadim on me?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:27And ye murmured in your oholim, and said, Because Hashem hated us, He hath brought us forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, to deliver us into the hand of HaEmori, to destroy us.

Matthew 18:28Then the debtor went out and found one of the other fellow servants who happened to owe the debtor one hundred denarii. And seizing and choking the servant, the debtor said, Repay what you owe me!

Matthew 26:9For it would have been possible to sell this for a generous sum and give to the aniyim (poor ones).

John 6:7In reply, Philippos said, Two hundred denarii worth of lechem would not be enough that each one may take a little okhel.

John 12:5Why was this mishcha not sold for three hundred denarii and given to haAniyim (the Poor)?

1 Corinthians 10:10Neither should we murmur and grumble even as some of them VAYILONU (and they murmured) + 10:10 Ex 15:24; 16:2; 17:3; Num 14:2,29; 17:6 and they were destroyed by the destroyer. + 10:10 Num 14:2,36; 17:6-14; 17:5,10; Ex 12:23; Ps 106:25-27

Matthew Henry on Mark 14:2-12

Christ Anointed at Bethany; Judas Engages to Betray Christ. 1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. 2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. 3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.… Read the whole commentary →

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