“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred [a]denarii and the proceeds given to poor people?” Now he said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he (A)kept the money box, he used to [b]steal from (B)what was put into it.

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:5 The denarius was a day’s wages for a laborer
  2. John 12:6 Lit pilfer

“Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.[a] He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag,(A) he used to help himself to what was put into it.

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  1. John 12:5 Greek three hundred denarii