John 12:5

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 the disciples, he that was about to betray him:

6And this he said, not be cause he cared for the poor, but because he was thief, and held the purse, and carried what was put in it.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:8And when his disciples saw it they were displeased, and said: Why is this waste?

Mark 14:4And there were certain of the disciples, who were dissatisfied among themselves, and said: Why was this waste of the ointment?

Luke 12:33Sell your property, and give alms: make for yourselves bags that do not become old, and a treasure that is not transient, in the heavens; where no thief approacheth, and no moth eateth.

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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