Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
Three hundred
And given
General references
Bible References
Was
Matthew 26:8
When his disciples saw it, they said indignantly, "What was the use of wasting it like that?
Mark 14:4
But there were some who said indignantly to themselves, "What was the use of wasting the perfume like that?
Luke 6:41
Why do you keep looking at the speck in your brother's eye, and pay no attention to the beam that is in your own?
Three hundred
John 6:7
Philip answered, "Forty dollars' worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to have even a little."
Matthew 20:2
He agreed with the laborers to pay them a dollar a day, and sent them to his vineyard.
And given
Matthew 26:9
It might have been sold for a large sum, and the money given to the poor."
Luke 12:33
Sell what belongs to you, and give away the money! Get yourselves purses that will never wear out, inexhaustible riches in heaven, where thieves cannot get near nor moths destroy.
Luke 18:22
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is one thing that you still lack. Sell all that you have, and divide the money among the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."
General references
Matthew 26:9
It might have been sold for a large sum, and the money given to the poor."