Mark 14:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

Pence

Matthew 18:28

Have been given

John 12:5

John 13:29

Ephesians 4:28

And they

General references

Matthew 26:9

Bible References

Pence

but this very servant presently after met with one of his fellow-servants, who owed him an hundred pence: and violently seizing him, said, pay me the debt.

Have been given

said, why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, to be given to the poor?

for as Judas had the purse, some of them thought, that Jesus had ordered him to buy what was necessary against the feast: or give something to the poor.

let him that stole, steal no more: but rather let him labour, to encrease his fortune with his own hands, that he may have wherewithal to relieve the needy:

And they

who upon the receipt of it fell a murmuring against the master, and cry'd,

at which the Pharisees and Scribes murmured, saying, this man gives access to men of bad character, and eats with them.

Jesus therefore replied, murmur not among your selves.

neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and were slain by the destroying angel.

do every thing without murmuring and disputes:

These are murmurers, complainers, who pursue their own passions: their language swells with flattery, which they offer to the personages of men from a prospect of gain.

General references

for this could have been sold for a great price, which might have been given to the poor.