"Whywas thisperfumenot soldfor three hundreddenariiand givento poor[people]?"
"Nowbecausewe are in the serviceof the palace,and it is not fittingfor us to seethe king'sdishonor,thereforewe have sentand informedthe king,
But he said,"You are lazy,[very] lazy;thereforeyou say,'Let us go[and] sacrificeto the LORD.'
"But the quotaof brickswhichthey were makingpreviously,you shall imposeon them; you are not to reduceanyof it. Becausethey are lazy,thereforethey cryout, 'Let us goand sacrificeto our God.'
saying,"Whenwill the newmoonbe over,So that we may sellgrain,And the sabbath,that we may openthe wheat[market], To makethe bushelsmallerand the shekelbigger,And to cheatwith dishonestscales,
"But that slavewentout and foundoneof his fellow slaveswhoowedhim a hundreddenarii;and he seizedhim and [began] to choke[him], saying,'Pay backwhatyou owe.'
"When he had agreedwith the laborersfor a denariusfor the day,he sentthem into his vineyard.
"Sellyour possessionsand giveto charity;makeyourselvesmoney beltswhich do not wearout, an unfailingtreasurein heaven,wherenothiefcomes nearnormothdestroys.
When Jesusheard[this], He saidto him, "One thingyou stilllack;sellallthat you possessand distributeit to the poor,and you shall havetreasurein heaven;and come,followMe."
"Whydo you lookat the speckthat is in your brother'seye,but do not noticethe logthat is in your owneye?
But JudasIscariot,oneof His disciples,who was intendingto betrayHim, said,
Nowhe saidthis,not becausehe was concernedaboutthe poor,but becausehe was a thief,and as he hadthe money box,he used to pilferwhat was putinto it.
For somewere supposing,becauseJudashadthe money box,that Jesuswas sayingto him, "Buythe things we haveneedof for the feast";or else,that he should givesomethingto the poor.
PhilipansweredHim, "Two hundreddenariiworth of breadis not sufficientfor them, for everyoneto receivea little."
