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 on his way out, that slave met a fellow slave who owed him fifty dollars. Seizing him by the throat, and nearly choking him, he exclaimed, "'Pay me what you owe me!'

Have been given

"Why was not this perfume sold for fifty dollars, and the proceeds given to the poor?"

for some were thinking, as Judas kept the purse, that Jesus meant to tell him, "Buy the things that we need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.

Let him who stole steal no more, but let him work, and in honest industry toil with his hands, so that he may have something to give to the needy.

And they

"And as they took it they began to grumble against the master of the house.

And the Pharisees and Scribes began to complain, saying, "He is welcoming sinners and eating with them!"

"Do not find fault with me among yourselves,"

nor murmur, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the Destroying Angel.

Do everything without grumbling and disputes,

For these are murmurers, always complaining. They always go where their passions lead, and their mouth speaks great swelling words, while they pay court to men for the sake of the advantage they can get.

General references

"Why is this waste? This perfume could have been sold for a good sum, and the money given to the poor."