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This perfume could have been sold for more than 300 denarii[a] and the money[b] given to the destitute.” So they got extremely angry with her.

But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me, because you’ll always have the destitute with you and can help them whenever you want, but you won’t always have me.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:5 A denarius was the average day’s wage for a laborer.
  2. Mark 14:5 The Gk. lacks the money