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John 12:4-6
Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot( who was about to betray him), said,“ Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.
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Mark 14:4
But some were expressing indignation to one another:“ Why has this perfume been wasted?
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1 Samuel 17 28-1 Samuel 17 29
David’s oldest brother Eliab listened as he spoke to the men, and he became angry with him.“ Why did you come down here?” he asked.“ Who did you leave those few sheep with in the wilderness? I know your arrogance and your evil heart— you came down to see the battle!”“ What have I done now?” protested David.“ It was just a question.”
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Exodus 5:17
But he said,“ You are slackers. Slackers! That is why you are saying,‘ Let us go sacrifice to the LORD.’
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Ecclesiastes 4:4
I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to one person’s jealousy of another. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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Amos 8:5
asking,“ When will the New Moon be over so we may sell grain, and the Sabbath, so we may market wheat? We can reduce the measure while increasing the price and cheat with dishonest scales.
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Haggai 1:2-4
“ The LORD of Armies says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the LORD to be rebuilt.”The word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai:“ Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”
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Malachi 1:13
You also say,‘ Look, what a nuisance!’ And you scorn it,” says the LORD of Armies.“ You bring stolen, lame, or sick animals. You bring this as an offering! Am I to accept that from your hands?” asks the LORD.
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Malachi 1:7-10
“ By presenting defiled food on my altar.”“ How have we defiled you?” you ask. When you say,“ The LORD’s table is contemptible.”“ When you present a blind animal for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present a lame or sick animal, is it not wrong? Bring it to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Armies.“ And now plead for God’s favor. Will he be gracious to us? Since this has come from your hands, will he show any of you favor?” asks the LORD of Armies.“ I wish one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle a useless fire on my altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the LORD of Armies,“ and I will accept no offering from your hands.
