Cross references
John 12:5
“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
- a A denarius was customarily a day’s wage for a laborer; see Matthew 20:2.
John 12:5 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Luke 12:33 (5 votes) and Luke 18:22 (5 votes). 22 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Exodus 5 to Revelation 18.
Which verses does John 12:5 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Luke 12:335 votes
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- Luke 18:225 votes
On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- Matthew 26:8–94 votes
When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste? This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”
- Mark 14:4–54 votes
Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume? It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.
- Malachi 1:10–133 votes
“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands. For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts. …
- Luke 6:413 votes
Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
- Exodus 5:82 votes
But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
- Exodus 5:172 votes
“You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’
- Amos 8:52 votes
asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
- John 6:72 votes
Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”
- Matthew 20:21 vote
Which verses point to John 12:5?
The 10 strongest of 22.