John 12:5 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

⁵ “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Why was this perfume not sold for 300 denarii [a year's wages for an ordinary workman] and that [money] given to the poor (the destitute)?

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁵ “This perfume was worth a year’s wages! Why wasn’t it sold and the money given to the poor?” (

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ "Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the needy?"

John 12:5 Cross References

Matthew 18:28

But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Repay me what yoʋ owe.’

Matthew 20:2

After agreeing with the workers that they would each receive a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions and give to the needy. Make yourselves moneybags that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing yoʋ still lack: Sell everything yoʋ have and distribute the money to the poor, and yoʋ will have treasure in heaven; then come follow me.”

Luke 6:41

Why do yoʋ see the speck in yoʋr brother's eye, but do not consider the beam in yoʋr own eye?

John 12:4

Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who was about to betray him, said,

John 12:6

(He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he was the keeper of the moneybag and would pilfer what was put into it.)

John 13:29

Some were thinking, since Judas had the moneybag, that Jesus was saying to him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.)

John 6:7

Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be sufficient for each of them to receive a little portion.”