John 12:5

seide, Whi is not this oynement seeld for thre hundrid pens, and is youun to nedi men?

Wycliffe (portions)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4Therfor Judas Scarioth, oon of hise disciplis, that was to bitraye hym,

6But he seide this thing, not for it perteynede to hym of nedi men, but for he was a theef, and he hadde the pursis, and bar tho thingis that weren sent.

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Cross References

Exodus 5:8and ye schulen sette on hem the mesure of tijl stoonys, which thei maden bifore, nether ye schulen abate ony thing; for thei ben idil, and therfor thei crien, and seien, Go we, and make we sacrifice to oure God;

Matthew 26:8And disciplis seynge hadden dedeyn, and seiden, Wherto this loss? for it myyte be seld for myche,

Mark 14:4But there weren summe that beren it heuyli with ynne hem silf, and seiden, Wher to is this losse of oynement maad?

Luke 12:33Selle ye tho thingis that ye han in possessioun, and yyue ye almes. And make to you sachels that wexen not oolde, tresoure that failith not in heuenes, whidir a theef neiyith not, nether mouyt destruyeth.

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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