◄ John 12:5 ►
Context
Mary Anoints Jesus

1Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. 3Then 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 odor of the ointment. 4Then said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him, 5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? 6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bore what was put therein. 7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying has she kept this. 8For the poor always you have with you; but me you have not always.
Cross References
Matthew 18:28
But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that you owe.

John 12:4
Then said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,

John 12:6
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bore what was put therein.

John 13:29
For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said to him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

Treasury of Scripture

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

was.

Exodus 5:8,17 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, you shall lay on them; you shall not diminish ought thereof...

Amos 8:5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small...

Malachi 1:10-13 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nothing? neither do you kindle fire on my altar for nothing...

Matthew 26:8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

Mark 14:4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

Luke 6:41 And why behold you the mote that is in your brother's eye, but perceive not the beam that is in your own eye?

three hundred.

John 6:7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

Matthew 20:2 And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

*marg:

Mark 14:5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

and given.

Matthew 26:9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

Luke 12:33 Sell that you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that fails not...

Luke 18:22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said to him, Yet lack you one thing: sell all that you have, and distribute to the poor...

Strong's Concordance
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
Topical Bible
300 Denarii Hundred Money Ointment Pence Perfume Poor Shillings Sold Traded Wages Wasn't Wherefore Worth Year's
Resources
John Chapter 12 Verse 5

Alphabetical: a and denarii for given hundred It money not people perfume poor sold the this three to wages was wasn't Why worth year's

NT Gospels: John 12:5 Why wasn't this ointment sold for three (Jhn Jo Jn)
John 12:4
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