John 12:5

John 12:5 in other translations

What does John 12:5 mean?

John 12:5 in the original Greek

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Cross references for John 12:5

• Luke 12:33

  Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

• Luke 18:22

  Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

• Mark 14:4-5

  And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

• Matthew 26:8-9

  But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

• Luke 6:41

  And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

• Malachi 1:10-13

  Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord.

• Exodus 5:8

  And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

• Amos 8:5

  Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

• John 6:7

  Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

• Exodus 5:17

  But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.

• Matthew 20:2

  And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

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Context

• John 12:4

  Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,

• John 12:5

  Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

• John 12:6

  This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

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