John 12:5
'Wherefore was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
In Context
4Therefore saith one of his disciples — Judas Iscariot, of Simon, who is about to deliver him up —
Cross References
Exodus 5:8and the proper quantity of the bricks which they are making heretofore ye do put on them, ye do not diminish from it, for they are remiss, therefore they are crying, saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to our God;
Ezra 4:14Now, because that the salt of the palace [is] our salt, and the nakedness of the king we have no patience to see, therefore we have sent and made known to the king;
Malachi 1:10Who [is] even among you, And he shutteth the two-leaved doors? Yea, ye do not kindle Mine altar for nought, I have no pleasure in you, said Jehovah of Hosts, And a present I do not accept of your hand.
Matthew 26:8And having seen [it], his disciples were much displeased, saying, 'To what purpose [is] this waste?
Mark 14:4and there were certain much displeased within themselves, and saying, 'For what hath this waste of the ointment been made?
Luke 12:33sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor 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 →