Mark 14:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Mark 14:5

The Anointing at Bethany

3 ^aAnd being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as He sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster flask of very costly¹ oil of spikenard. Then she broke the flask and poured it on His head.

4 But there were some who were indignant among themselves, and said, “Why was this fragrant oil wasted?

5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred ^adenarii and given to the poor.” And they ^bcriticized her sharply.

6 But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me.

7 ^aFor you have the poor with you always, and whenever you wish you may do them good; ^bbut Me you do not have always.

8 She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for burial.

9 Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is ^apreached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her.”

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

10 ^aThen Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Him to them.

Verse Comparison: Mark 14:5

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American Standard Version
For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

Amplified® Bible
For it was possible to have sold this [perfume] for more than 300 denarii [a laboring man's wages for a year] and to have given [the money] to the poor. And they censured {and} reproved her.

Contemporary English Version
We could have sold this perfume for more than three hundred silver coins and given the money to the poor!" So they started saying cruel things to the woman.

Darby English Version
for this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor. And they spoke very angrily at her.

Good News Bible
It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!" And they criticized her harshly.

International Standard Version
This perfume could have been sold for more than 300 denarii and the money given to the destitute." So they got extremely angry with her.

King James Version
For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

New American Standard Bible
"For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred denarii, and {the money} given to the poor. And they were scolding her."

New International Version
It could have been sold for more than a year's wages and the money given to the poor." And they rebuked her harshly.

New King James Version
For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they criticized her sharply.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For we might have sold this perfume for over three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor." And they scolded her.

Young's Literal Translation
for this could have been sold for more than three hundred denaries, and given to the poor;' and they were murmuring at her.

New English Translation
It¹ could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins² and the money³ given to the poor!” So⁴ they spoke angrily to her.

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