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But Judas Iscariot, the disciple who would soon betray him, said, “That perfume was worth a year’s wages.[a] It should have been sold and the money given to the poor.” Not that he cared for the poor—he was a thief, and since he was in charge of the disciples’ money, he often stole some for himself.

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  1. 12:5 Greek worth 300 denarii. A denarius was equivalent to a laborer’s full day’s wage.

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