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John 12:5

WEB

5Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii[+] and given to the poor?”

KJV

5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

BSB

5Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii [+] and the money given to the poor?”

FBV

5Why wasn't this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth three hundred denarii.”

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Extra References

Luke 12:33

33Sell what you have and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.


Luke 18:22

22When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”


Matthew 26:8-9

8But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? 9For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor.”


Mark 14:4-5

4But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, “Why has this ointment been wasted? 5For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii[+] and given to the poor.” So they grumbled against her.


Malachi 1:10-13

10Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Armies, “neither will I accept an offering at your hand. 11For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering; for my name is great among the nations,” says the LORD of Armies. 12But you profane it when you say, ‘The LORD’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’ 13You say also, ‘Behold, what [+] a weariness it is!’ And you have sniffed at it”, says the LORD of Armies; “and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?” says the LORD.


Luke 6:41

41Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?


Amos 8:5

5saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah[+] small, and the shekel[+] and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;


John 6:7

7Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii[+] of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may receive a little.”


Exodus 5:17

17But Pharaoh said, “You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to the LORD.’


Exodus 5:8

8You shall require from them the number of the bricks which they made before. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, saying, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to our God.’