John 12:5
"Why was not this perfume sold for fifty dollars, and the proceeds given to the poor?"
Montgomery 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 said Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, who was about to betray him,
6This he said not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, carrying the purse,
Cross References
Matthew 26:8when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, and exclaimed.
Mark 14:4Some of those who were present said among themselves indignantly. "Why has the perfume been wasted like this?
Luke 12:33"Sell what you have and give alms. Provide yourselves with purses which do not grow old, a treasure inexhaustible in the heavens, where no thief draws near, nor does 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 →