John 12
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John 12:3-8

31Mary then took a 2pound of very expensive 3perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4But 4Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, the one who intended to 5betray Him, said, 5“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred 6denarii and the proceeds given to poor people?” 6Now he said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he 7kept the money box, he used to 8steal from 9what was put into it. 7Therefore Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it 10for 11the day of My burial. 812For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”

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Notes

  1. 1. John 12:3 Luke 7:37f; John 11:2 ↩
  2. 2. John 12:3 I.e., a Roman pound, about 12 oz. or 340 gm ↩
  3. 3. John 12:3 Mark 14:3 ↩
  4. 4. John 12:4 John 6:71 ↩
  5. 5. John 12:4 Or hand Him over ↩
  6. 6. John 12:5 The denarius was a day’s wages for a laborer ↩
  7. 7. John 12:6 John 13:29 ↩
  8. 8. John 12:6 Lit pilfer ↩
  9. 9. John 12:6 Luke 8:3 ↩
  10. 10. John 12:7 Or in view of ↩
  11. 11. John 12:7 John 19:40 ↩
  12. 12. John 12:8 Deut 15:11; Matt 26:11; Mark 14:7 ↩

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