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Mary brought in a pint[a] of very costly ointment, made from pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and dried them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, the one who was about to betray him, said, “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii[b] and the money given to the poor?”

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:3 Pint: Greek: litra, i.e., about a half-liter.
  2. John 12:5 Three hundred denarii: a year’s wages, a denarius being a day’s wages for a laborer.