Matthew 26:8
But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
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Matthew 26:8
But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
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Mark 14:4
But some of them were angry among themselves, saying, For what purpose has this oil been wasted?
Mark 14:5
We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.
John 12:4
But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was to give him up), said,
John 12:5
Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor?
John 12:6
(He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)
Joshua 7:1
But the children of Israel did wrong about the cursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the family of Judah, took of the cursed thing, moving the Lord to wrath against the children of Israel.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
John 6:70
Then Jesus said, Did I not make a selection of you, the twelve, and one of you is a son of the Evil One?
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Matthew 26:6
Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,
Matthew 26:7
There came to him a woman having a bottle of perfume of great price, and she put the perfume on his head when he was seated at table.
Matthew 26:8
But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
Matthew 26:9
For we might have got much money for this and given it to the poor.
John 12:3
Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume.
Matthew 26:13
Truly I say to you, Wherever this good news goes out in all the world, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.
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Matthew 26:10
But Jesus, seeing it, said to them, Why are you troubling the woman? she has done a kind act to me.
Nehemiah 13:14
Keep me in mind, O my God, in connection with this, and do not let the good which I have done for the house of my God and its worship go from your memory completely.
Matthew 25:35
For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in;
Matthew 25:36
I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me.
Acts 9:36
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, that is, Dorcas: this woman was given to good works and acts of mercy at all times.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
Revelation 2:2
I have knowledge of your doings, and of your hard work and long waiting, and that you will not put up with evil men, and have put to the test those who say they are Apostles and are not, and have seen that they are false;
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Exodus 5:17
But he said, You have no love for work: that is why you say, Let us go and make an offering to the Lord.
Amos 8:5
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;
Malachi 1:10
If only there was one among you who would see that the doors were shut, so that you might not put a light to the fire on my altar for nothing! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of armies, and I will not take an offering from your hands.
Malachi 1:13
And you say, See, what a weariness it is! and you let out your breath at it, says the Lord of armies; and you have given what has been cut about by beasts, and what is damaged in its feet and ill; this is the offering you give: will this be pleasing to me from your hands? says the Lord.
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Proverbs 11:24
A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.
Proverbs 21:13
He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.
Proverbs 28:27
He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.
Isaiah 43:23
You have not made me burned offerings of sheep, or given me honour with your offerings of beasts; I did not make you servants to give me an offering, and I did not make you tired with requests for perfumes.
Malachi 3:8
Will a man keep back from God what is right? But you have kept back what is mine. But you say, What have we kept back from you? Tenths and offerings.
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