John 12:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”

Cross References

Ezra 4:14

Now because we share the salt of the palace and it is not fitting for us to witness the king’s dishonor, therefore we send and inform the king,

Exodus 5:17

He said, “You are lazy, lazy; that is why you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’

Exodus 5:8

But you shall require of them the same quantity of bricks as they have made previously; do not diminish it, for they are lazy; that is why they cry, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

Amos 8:5

saying, “When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath, so that we may offer wheat for sale? We will make the ephah smaller and the shekel heavier and practice deceit with false balances,

Matthew 18:28

But that same slave, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii, and seizing him by the throat he said, ‘Pay what you owe.’

Matthew 20:2

After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one thing lacking. Sell all that you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

Luke 6:41

Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye but do not notice the log in your own eye?

John 12:4

But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said,

John 12:6

(He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.)

John 13:29

Some thought that, because Judas had the common purse, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor.

John 6:7

Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.”