John 12:5

5 “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred ddenarii1 and egiven to the poor?”

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Matthew 20:2
After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

John 6:7
Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.”

John 13:29
Some thought that, because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.


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2 View All Leviticus 19:27
ch. 21:5; [Isa. 15:2; Jer. 9:26; 48:37]