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Certainly this perfume could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii[a] and given to the poor!” And they began to scold her.

But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me. In fact, you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you are not always going to have me.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:5 A denarius was worth about one day’s wage.