Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

Bible References

General references

Joshua 7:20
And Achan answered Joshua, "Truly I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and this is what I did:
1 Samuel 15:9
But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fattened calves and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. All that was despised and worthless they devoted to destruction.
2 Kings 5:20
Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him."
Mark 14:5
For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they scolded her.
John 12:5
"Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?"
2 Peter 2:15
Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing,

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