Mark 14:5

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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.

Cross References

Psalm 106:25

But they murmured in their tents and hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.

Matthew 18:28

But that same attendant, as he went out, found one of his fellow attendants who owed him a hundred denarii [about twenty dollars]; and he caught him by the throat and said, Pay what you owe!

Matthew 20:11

And when they received it, they grumbled at the owner of the estate,

Matthew 26:9

For this perfume might have been sold for a large sum and the money given to the poor.

Mark 14:4

But there were some who were moved with indignation and said to themselves, To what purpose was the ointment (perfume) thus wasted?

Mark 14:6

But Jesus said, Let her alone; why are you troubling her? She has done a good and beautiful thing to Me [praiseworthy and noble].

Luke 15:2

And the Pharisees and the scribes kept muttering and indignantly complaining, saying, This man accepts and receives and welcomes [preeminently wicked] sinners and eats with them.

John 13:29

Some thought that, since Judas had the money box (the purse), Jesus was telling him, Buy what we need for the Festival, or that he should give something to the poor.

John 6:43

So Jesus answered them, Stop grumbling and saying things against Me to one another.

John 6:7

Philip answered Him, Two hundred pennies' (forty dollars) worth of bread is not enough that everyone may receive even a little.

1 Corinthians 10:10

Nor discontentedly complain as some of them did–and were put out of the way entirely by the destroyer (death). [Num. 16:41, 49.]

Ephesians 4:28

Let the thief steal no more, but rather let him be industrious, making an honest living with his own hands, so that he may be able to give to those in need.

Deuteronomy 1:27

You were peevish and discontented in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, He brought us forth out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.

Philippians 2:14

Do all things without grumbling and faultfinding and complaining [against God] and questioning and doubting [among yourselves],

Jude 1:16

These are inveterate murmurers (grumblers) who complain [of their lot in life], going after their own desires [controlled by their passions]; their talk is boastful and arrogant, [and they claim to] admire men's persons and pay people flattering compliments to gain advantage.