John 12:5
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
In Context
4But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, which should betray him, saith,
Cross References
Exodus 5:8And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
Ezra 4:14Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;
Malachi 1:10Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
Matthew 26:8But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
Mark 14:4But there were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?
Luke 12:33Sell that ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.
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 →