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For this perfume could have been sold for over three-hundred[a] denarii and given to the poor”. And they were sternly-scolding her. But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you causing troubles for her? She worked a good work[b] in[c] Me. For you always have the poor with you. And whenever you want, you are able to do good for them. But you do not always have Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:5 That is, nearly a year’s wages for a laborer. Some think this was a family heirloom.
  2. Mark 14:6 Or, did a good deed.
  3. Mark 14:6 That is, in connection with Me; or, in My case.

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