“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denariiand given to the poor?”
John 12:5 (WEB)
Context Reading
3Therefore Mary took a poundof ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. 4Then Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said, 5“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denariiand given to the poor?” 6Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it. 7But Jesus said,“Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.