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Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them[a] with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, ‘Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii[b] and the money given to the poor?’

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  1. John 12:3 Gk his feet
  2. John 12:5 Three hundred denarii would be nearly a year’s wages for a labourer

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