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Mary took a litron[a] of very expensive perfume made of pure nard and anointed Jesus’ feet. She wiped his feet with her hair, and the house became filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, who was going to betray him, asked, “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for 300 denarii[b] and the money[c] given to the destitute?”

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:3 I.e. about twelve ounces; the Gk. litron weighed about 12 ounces
  2. John 12:5 Three hundred denarii was about a year’s wages for a laborer.
  3. John 12:5 The Gk. lacks the money