John 12:5
“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”
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John 12:5
“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”
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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 12:7
But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.
John 12:8
For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.”
2 Kings 5:20
But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.”
John 6:70
Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?”
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.
Acts 5:2
and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, then brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
Ephesians 4:28
Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
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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.
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?
Matthew 26:9
For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor.”
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 6:7
Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may receive a little.”
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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Galatians 2:10
They only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do.
Proverbs 11:24
There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
Proverbs 21:13
Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
Proverbs 28:27
One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
Isaiah 43:23
You have not brought me any of your sheep for burnt offerings, neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.
Malachi 3:8
Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.
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