John 12:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and 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

Luke 18:22

And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

Luke 12:33

Sell that ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.

John 6:7

Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.

Luke 6:41

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

Matthew 20:2

And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Amos 8:5

saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

Exodus 5:17

But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.

Exodus 5:8

And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

Matthew 18:28

But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, which owed him a hundred pence: and he laid hold on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay what thou owest.

John 12:4

But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, which should betray him, saith,

John 12:6

Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.

John 13:29

For some thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said unto him, Buy what things we have need of for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

Ezra 4:14

Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;