John 12:4 · KJV
“Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's {son}, which should betray him,”
— John 12:4
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
John 12 — Context
There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
3Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
4Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's {son}, which should betray him,
5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
6This 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.
Cross References
Matthew 10:4
Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
John 13:2
And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's {son}, to betray him;
1 Samuel 17:28-29
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
John 18:2-5
And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.
John 6:70-71
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This {is} also vanity and vexation of spirit. {every...: Heb. all the rightness of work} {for this...: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour}
Luke 6:16
And Judas {the brother} of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
John 13:26
Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped {it}. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave {it} to Judas Iscariot, {the son} of Simon. {sop: or, morsel}