John 12:5

New Living Translation

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

Cross References

Ezra 4:14

“Since we are your loyal subjects and do not want to see the king dishonored in this way, we have sent the king this information.

Exodus 5:17

But Pharaoh shouted, “You’re just lazy! Lazy! That’s why you’re saying, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifices to the Lord.’

Exodus 5:8

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

Amos 8:5

You can’t wait for the Sabbath day to be over and the religious festivals to end so you can get back to cheating the helpless. You measure out grain with dishonest measures and cheat the buyer with dishonest scales.

Matthew 18:28

“But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars. He grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment.

Matthew 20:2

He agreed to pay the normal daily wage and sent them out to work.

Luke 12:33

“Sell your possessions and give to those in need. This will store up treasure for you in heaven! And the purses of heaven never get old or develop holes. Your treasure will be safe; no thief can steal it and no moth can destroy it.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard his answer, he said, “There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Luke 6:41

“And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own?

John 12:4

But Judas Iscariot, the disciple who would soon betray him, said,

John 12:6

Not that he cared for the poor—he was a thief, and since he was in charge of the disciples’ money, he often stole some for himself.

John 13:29

Since Judas was their treasurer, some thought Jesus was telling him to go and pay for the food or to give some money to the poor.

John 6:7

Philip replied, “Even if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough money to feed them!”