John 12:5

New International Reader's Version

“Why wasn’t this perfume sold? Why wasn’t the money given to poor people? It was worth a year’s pay.”

Cross References

Ezra 4:14

We owe a lot to you. We don’t want to see dishonor brought on you. So we’re sending this letter to tell you what is going on.

Exodus 5:17

Pharaoh said, “You are lazy! That’s why you keep saying, ‘Let us go. We want to offer sacrifices to the Lord.’

Exodus 5:8

But require them to make the same number of bricks as before. Don’t lower the number they have to make. They are lazy. That’s why they are crying out, ‘Let us go. We want to offer sacrifices to our God.’

Amos 8:5

You say, “When will the New Moon feast be over? Then we can sell our grain. When will the Sabbath day come to an end? Then people can buy our wheat.” But you measure out less than the right amount. You raise your prices. You cheat others by using dishonest scales.

Matthew 18:28

“But then that servant went out and found one of the other servants who owed him 100 silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he said.

Matthew 20:2

He agreed to give them the usual pay for a day’s work. Then he sent them into his vineyard.

Luke 12:33

Sell what you own. Give to those who are poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out. Store up riches in heaven that will never be used up. There, no thief can come near it. There, no moth can destroy it.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You are still missing one thing. Sell everything you have. Give the money to those who are poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.”

Luke 6:41

“You look at the bit of sawdust in your friend’s eye. But you pay no attention to the piece of wood in your own eye.

John 12:4

But Judas Iscariot didn’t like what Mary did. He was one of Jesus’ disciples. Later he was going to hand Jesus over to his enemies. Judas said,

John 12:6

He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor. He said it because he was a thief. Judas was in charge of the money bag. He used to help himself to what was in it.

John 13:29

Judas was in charge of the money. So some of the disciples thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast. Others thought Jesus was talking about giving something to poor people.

John 6:7

Philip answered him, “Suppose we were able to buy enough bread for each person to have just a bite. That would take more than half a year’s pay!”