John 12:5

Weymouth NT

»Why was not that perfume sold for 300 shillings and the money given to the poor?«

Cross References

Matthew 18:28

But no sooner had that servant gone out, than he met with one of his fellow servants who owed him 100 shillings; and seizing him by the throat and nearly strangling him he exclaimed, `Pay me all you owe.'«

Matthew 20:2

and having made an agreement with them for a shilling a day, sent them into his vineyard.

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions and give alms. Provide yourselves with purses that will never wear out, a treasure inexhaustible in Heaven, where no thief can come nor moth consume.

Luke 18:22

On receiving this answer Jesus said to him, »There is still one thing wanting in you. Sell everything you possess and give the money to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; and then come, follow me.«

Luke 6:41

»And why look at the splinter in your brother's eye instead of giving careful attention to the beam in your own?«

John 12:4

Then said Judas (the Iscariot, one of the Twelve–the one who afterwards betrayed Jesus),

John 12:6

The reason he said this was not that he cared for the poor, but that he was a thief, and that being in charge of the money-box, he used to steal what was put into it.

John 13:29

Some, however, supposed that because Judas had the money-box Jesus meant, »Buy what we require for the Festival,« or that he should give something to the poor.

John 6:7

»Seven pounds' worth of bread,« replied Philip, »is not enough for them all to get even a scanty meal.«