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Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

Three hundred

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Was

but when his disciples saw it, they were some of them provoked at it, and said, Wherefore is this waste?
And there were some provoked at it and said, Why was this waste made of the ointment?
But why dost thou look at the chaff in thy brother's eye, and takest no notice of the beam that is in thine own?

Three hundred

Philip answered Him, Two hundred penny-worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.
and agreeing with the men for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard:

And given

for this ointment might have been sold for a great deal of money, and given to the poor.
Sell what ye have, and give alms: provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a never-failing treasure in the heavens, where no thief approacheth nor moth corrupteth:
But when Jesus heard these things He said unto him, Thou yet wantest one thing, Sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

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for this ointment might have been sold for a great deal of money, and given to the poor.
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