'Pounds' in the Bible

For that ointment might have been sold for fifteen pounds or more, and the money have been given to the poor." And they were exceedingly angry with her.

"So the first came and said, "'Sir, your pound has produced ten pounds more.'

"The second came, and said, "'Your pound, Sir, has produced five pounds.'

"And he said to those who stood by, "'Take the pound from him and give it to him who has the ten pounds.'

("They said to him, "`Sir, he already has ten pounds.')

"Seven pounds' worth of bread," replied Philip, "is not enough for them all to get even a scanty meal."

Nicodemus too--he who at first had visited Jesus by night--came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, in weight about seventy or eighty pounds.