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But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray him, said, “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii[a] and given to the poor?” He did not say this because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief. He held the money box and used to steal what was put into it.

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:5 Or three hundred days’ wages. A denarius was worth about one day’s wage.