Mark 14:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor.” And they reproached her.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ For it was possible to have sold this [perfume] for more than 300 denarii [a laboring man's wages for a year] and to have given [the money] to the poor. And they censured and reproved her.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

Common English Bible

⁵ This perfume could have been sold for almost a year’s pay and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and been given to the poor." And they murmured against her.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

Mark 14:5 Cross References

Psalm 106:25

They murmured in their tents, and did not obey the voice of the Lord.

Matthew 18:28

But that same servant, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat he said, ‘Pay what you owe.’

Matthew 20:11

And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder,

Matthew 26:9

For this ointment might have been sold for a large sum, and given to the poor.”

Mark 14:4

But there were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment thus wasted?

Mark 14:6

But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

Luke 15:2

And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

John 13:29

Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast”; or, that he should give something to the poor.

John 6:43

Jesus answered them, “Do not murmur among yourselves.

John 6:7

Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.”

1 Corinthians 10:10

nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer.

Ephesians 4:28

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his hands, so that he may be able to give to those in need.

Deuteronomy 1:27

and you murmured in your tents, and said, ‘Because the Lord hated us he has brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

Philippians 2:14

Do all things without grumbling or questioning,

Jude 1:16

These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.