KJV:
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
NASB:
"Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?"
KJV:
This 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.
NASB:
Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.
KJV:
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
NASB:
"For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."
KJV:
For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
NASB:
For some were supposing, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, "Buy the things we have need of for the feast"; or else, that he should give something to the poor.
KJV:
For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
NASB:
For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
KJV:
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
NASB:
as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things.
KJV:
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
NASB:
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
KJV:
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
NASB:
They only asked us to remember the poor-- the very thing I also was eager to do.
KJV:
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
NASB:
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?