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

Now he said thus, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and (A)had the bag, and bore that which was given.

[b]Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying she kept it.

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:5 An horrible example in Judas of a mind blinded with covetousness, and yet pretending godliness.
  2. John 12:7 This Extraordinary anointing, which was for a sign, is so allowed of God, that he witnesseth how he will not be worshipped with outward pomp, or costly service, but with alms.

“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.

“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.(B)

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  1. John 12:5 Greek three hundred denarii