THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 12:5 in context
John 12:2–8
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So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.
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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.
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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.
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But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.
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For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.”
Source notes
Notes from World English Bible Updated
- 300 denarii was about a year’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
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