John 12:5
Good News Translation
"Why wasn't this perfume sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?"

New Revised Standard Version
“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”

Contemporary English Version
"Why wasn't this perfume sold for 300 silver coins and the money given to the poor?"

New American Bible
“Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days’ wages and given to the poor?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

was.

Exodus 5:8,17 And you shall lay upon them the task of bricks, which they did before; neither shall you diminish any thing thereof, for they are idle, and therefore they cry. saying: Let us go and sacrifice to our God. . . .

Amos 8:5 Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,

Malachi 1:10-13 Who is there among you, that will shut the doors, and will kindle the fire on my altar gratis? I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will not receive a gift of your hand. . . .

Matthew 26:8 And the disciples seeing it had indignation, saying: To what purpose is this waste?

Mark 14:4 Now there were some that had indignation within themselves and said: Why was this waste of the ointment made?

Luke 6:41 And why seest thou the mote in thy brother's eye: but the beam that is in thy own eye thou considerest not?

three hundred.

John 6:7 Philip answered him: Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them that every one may take a little.

Matthew 20:2 And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

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Mark 14:5 For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred pence and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

and given.

Matthew 26:9 For this might have been sold for much and given to the poor.

Luke 12:33 Sell what you possess and give alms. Make to yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth.

Luke 18:22 Which when Jesus had heard, he said to him: Yet one thing is wanting to thee. Sell all whatever thou hast and give to the poor: and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.

Context
Mary Anoints Jesus
4Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, he that was about to betray him, said: 5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor? 6Now he said this not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief and, having the purse, carried the things that were put therein.…
Cross References
Matthew 18:28
But when that servant was gone out, he found one of his fellow-servants that owed him an hundred pence: and laying hold of him, he throttled him, saying: Pay what thou owest.

John 12:4
Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, he that was about to betray him, said:

John 12:6
Now he said this not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief and, having the purse, carried the things that were put therein.

John 13:29
For some thought, because Judas had the purse, that Jesus had said to him: Buy those things which we have need of for the festival day: or that he should give something to the poor.

John 12:4
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