John 12:5

5 "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?"

John 12:5 In-Context

3 Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said,
5 "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?"
6 (He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.)
7 Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Three hundred denarii would be nearly a year's wages for a laborer
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