“Why wasn’t this fragrant oil sold for 300 denarii[a](A) and given to the poor?” He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief.(B) He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.

Jesus answered, “Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of My burial.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:5 This amount was about a year’s wages for a common worker.

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