John 12:5
“Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?”
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.
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
Related Verses
“And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?”
“Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.”
“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.”
“For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.”
“Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,”