NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 5

John 12:5

World English Bible Updated

“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”

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John 12:5 in context

John 12:2–8

2

So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.

3

Therefore Mary took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

4

Then Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,

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“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”

6

Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.

7

But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.

8

For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.”

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  1. 300 denarii was about a year’s wages for an agricultural laborer.

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