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
But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, For what end is this waste?
Mark 14:4
And there were some who felt indignation within themselves, saying, Wherefore is this waste of the ointment made?
Luke 6:41
But why beholdest thou the mote which is in thy brother's eye, but observest not the beam which is in thine own eye?
Three hundred
John 6:7
Philip answered him, Two hundred denarii spent in bread would not procure a sufficiency for them, that every one of them might have a morsel.
Matthew 20:2
And when he had agreed with the labourers at a denarius a day, he sent them into the vineyard.
And given
Matthew 26:9
For this ointment might have been sold for a considerable sum, and given to the poor.
Luke 12:33
Sell all your possessions, and give in charity; make yourselves purses that wax not old, a treasure never failing in the heavens, where no thief approaches, nor doth the moth destroy.
Luke 18:22
Then Jesus hearing this, said to him, Yet one thing thou lackest: sell all whatsoever thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
General references
Matthew 26:9
For this ointment might have been sold for a considerable sum, and given to the poor.