Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

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Then (A)Mary took a pound of very costly oil of (B)spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

But one of His disciples, (C)Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who would betray Him, said, “Why was this fragrant oil not sold for [a]three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and (D)had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:5 About one year’s wages for a worker