John 12:5

New Century Version

“This perfume was worth an entire year’s wages. Why wasn’t it sold and the money given to the poor?”

Cross References

Ezra 4:14

Since we must be loyal to the government, we don’t want to see the king dishonored. So we are writing to let the king know.

Exodus 5:17

The king answered, “You are lazy! You don’t want to work! That is why you ask 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. Do not accept fewer. They have become lazy, and that is why they are asking me, ‘Let us go to offer sacrifices to our God.’

Amos 8:5

“When will the New Moon festival be over so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath be over so we can bring out wheat to sell? We can charge them more and give them less, and we can change the scales to cheat the people.

Matthew 18:28

“Later, that same servant found another servant who owed him a few dollars. The servant grabbed him around the neck and said, ‘Pay me the money you owe me!’

Matthew 20:2

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

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Get for yourselves purses that will not wear out, the treasure in heaven that never runs out, where thieves can’t steal and moths can’t destroy.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one more thing you need to do. Sell everything you have and give it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.”

Luke 6:41

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

John 12:4

Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ followers who would later turn against him, was there. 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 money box, and he often stole from it.

John 13:29

Since he was the one who kept the money box, some of the followers thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast or to give something to the poor.

John 6:7

Philip answered, “Someone would have to work almost a year to buy enough bread for each person to have only a little piece.”