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“Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days’ wages[a] and given to the poor?” He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief and held the money bag and used to steal the contributions.(A)

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  1. 12:5 Days’ wages: literally, “denarii.” A denarius is a day’s wage in Mt 20:2; see note on Jn 6:7.

“Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.[a] He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag,(A) he used to help himself to what was put into it.

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  1. John 12:5 Greek three hundred denarii