Mark 14:4 Cross References - JPS_ASV_Byz

⁴ But there were some that had indignation among themselves, and saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?

⁴ Again, I considered all labour and all excelling in work, that it is a man's rivalry with his neighbour. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

⁴ (5:3) When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for He hath no pleasure in fools; pay that which thou vowest. ⁵ (5:4) Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. ⁶ (5:5) Suffer not thy mouth to bring thy flesh into guilt, neither say thou before the messenger, that it was an error; wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands? ⁷ (5:6) For through the multitude of dreams and vanities there are also many words; but fear thou God. ⁸ (5:7) If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent perverting of justice and righteousness in the state, marvel not at the matter; for one higher than the high watcheth, and there are higher than they.

¹² But ye profane it, in that ye say: 'The table of the LORD is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even the food thereof, is contemptible.' ¹³ Ye say also: 'Behold, what a weariness is it!' and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye have brought that which was taken by violence, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the offering; should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.

⁸ But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? ⁹ For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

⁴ Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, that should betray him— ⁵ Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the poor?