Matthew 26:9
For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor.”
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Matthew 26:9
For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor.”
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Matthew 26:6
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Matthew 26:7
a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.
Matthew 26:8
But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?
Mark 14:4
But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, “Why has this ointment been wasted?
Mark 14:5
For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” So they grumbled against her.
John 12:3
Therefore Mary took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’s feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
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John 12:4
Then Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,
John 12:5
“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”
John 12:6
Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
John 13:29
For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, “Buy what things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.
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Matthew 26:10
However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has done a good work for me.
Matthew 26:11
For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.
Matthew 26:13
Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her.”
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