John 12:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“That perfume was worth a full year’s pay. It should have been sold, and the money should have been given to the poor people.”

Cross References

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said to the leader, “But there is still one thing you need to do. Sell everything you have and give the money to those who are poor. You will have riches in heaven. Then come and follow me.”

Luke 12:33

Sell the things you have and give that money to those who need it. This is the only way you can keep your riches from being lost. You will be storing treasure in heaven that lasts forever. Thieves can’t steal that treasure, and moths can’t destroy it.

John 6:7

Philip answered, “We would all have to work a month to buy enough bread for each person here to have only a little piece!”

Luke 6:41

“Why do you notice the small piece of dust that is in your friend’s eye, but you don’t see the big piece of wood that is in your own eye?

Matthew 20:2

He agreed to pay the workers one silver coin for working that day. Then he sent them into the vineyard to work.

Amos 8:5

You merchants say, “When will the New Moon be over so that we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath be over so that we can bring out more wheat to sell? We can raise the price and make the measure smaller. We can fix the scales and cheat the people.

Exodus 5:17

Pharaoh answered, “You are lazy, and you don’t want to work! That is why you ask me to let you go. And that is why you want to leave here and make sacrifices to the Lord.

Exodus 5:8

But they must still make the same number of bricks as they did before. They have gotten lazy. That is why they are asking me to let them go. They don’t have enough work to do. That is why they asked me to let them make sacrifices to their God.

Matthew 18:28

“Later, that same servant found another servant who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him around the neck and said, ‘Pay me the money you owe me!’

John 12:4

Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ followers, was there—the one who would later hand Jesus over to his enemies. Judas said,

John 12:6

But Judas did not really care about the poor. He said this because he was a thief. He was the one who kept the moneybag for the group of followers. And he often stole money from the bag.

John 13:29

Since Judas was the one in charge of the money, some of them thought that Jesus meant for him to go and buy some things they needed for the feast. Or they thought that Jesus wanted him to go give something to the poor.

Ezra 4:14

We have a responsibility to the king. We don’t want to see this happen, so we are sending this letter to inform the king.