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John 12:5

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3Then 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.Select John 12:3

4Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,Select John 12:4

5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?Select John 12:5

6This 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.Select John 12:6

7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.Select John 12:7

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12:5 “Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?”

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12:5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the poor?

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