John 12:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

“Why wasn't this perfume sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?”

Cross References

Ezra 4:14

We are telling you this, because you have done so much for us, and we want everyone to respect you.

Exodus 5:17

The king replied, “You are lazy—nothing but lazy! That's why you keep asking me to let you go and sacrifice to your LORD.

Exodus 5:8

but they must make the same number of bricks as before. They are lazy, or else they would not beg me to let them go and sacrifice to their God.

Amos 8:5

You say to yourselves, “How much longer before the end of the New Moon Festival? When will the Sabbath be over? Our wheat is ready, and we want to sell it now. We can't wait to cheat and charge high prices for the grain we sell. We will use dishonest scales

Matthew 18:28

As the official was leaving, he happened to meet another official, who owed him a hundred silver coins. So he grabbed the man by the throat. He started choking him and said, “Pay me what you owe!”

Matthew 20:2

After he had agreed to pay them the usual amount for a day's work, he sent them off to his vineyard.

Luke 12:33

Sell what you have and give the money to the poor. Make yourselves money bags that never wear out. Make sure your treasure is safe in heaven, where thieves cannot steal it and moths cannot destroy it.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said, “There is one thing you still need to do. Go and sell everything you own! Give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come and be my follower.”

Luke 6:41

You can see the speck in your friend's eye. But you don't notice the log in your own eye.

John 12:4

A disciple named Judas Iscariot was there. He was the one who was going to betray Jesus, and he asked,

John 12:6

Judas did not really care about the poor. He asked this because he carried the money bag and sometimes would steal from it.

John 13:29

But because Judas was in charge of the money, some of them thought that Jesus had told him to buy something they needed for the festival. Others thought that Jesus had told him to give some money to the poor.

John 6:7

Philip answered, “Don't you know that it would take almost a year's wages just to buy only a little bread for each of these people?”