¶ The same servant went out and found one of his fellows, which ought him an hundred pence. And laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying: pay that thou owest.
John 12:5 - William Tyndale New Testament why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why was this perfume not sold for 300 denarii [a year's wages for an ordinary workman] and that [money] given to the poor (the destitute)? American Standard Version (1901) Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the poor? Common English Bible “This perfume was worth a year’s wages! Why wasn’t it sold and the money given to the poor?” ( Catholic Public Domain Version "Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the needy?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? |
¶ The same servant went out and found one of his fellows, which ought him an hundred pence. And laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying: pay that thou owest.
And he agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, and sent them in to his vineyard.
Sell that ye have, and give alms. And make you bags, which wax not old, and treasure that faileth not in heaven, where no thief cometh, neither moth corrupteth.
When Iesus heard that, he said unto him: Yet lackest thou one thing. Sell all that thou hast, and distribute it unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, and follow me.
Why seest thou a mote in thy brother's eye, and considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Then said one of his disciples named Iudas Iscarioth, Simon's son, which afterward betrayed him:
This said he, not that he cared for the poor: but because he was a thief, and kept the bag, and bare that which was given.
Some of them thought, because Iudas had the bag, that Iesus had said unto him, buy those things that we have need of against the feast: or that he should give something to the poor.
¶ Philip answered him, two hundred pennyworth of bread are not sufficient for them, that every man have a little.