Mark 14:5
King James Version
Translation: KJV
3And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.Select Mark 14:3
4And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?Select Mark 14:4
5For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.Select Mark 14:5
6And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.Select Mark 14:6
7For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.Select Mark 14:7
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WEB
14:5 For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor.” They grumbled against her.
ASV
14:5 For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
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