Thematic Bible: Parsimony
Thematic Bible
Parsimony » General references to
"Why was not this perfume sold for ten pounds, and the money given to the poor?"
Verse Concepts
a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of expensive perfume which she poured over his head as he lay at table. When the disciples saw this they were angry. "What is the use of this waste?" they said;
Parsimony » In withholding offerings
But a man called Ananias, who with his wife Sapphira had sold some property, appropriated some of the purchase-money with the connivance of his wife; he only brought part of it to lay before the feet of the apostles.