Mark 14:5-7
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
5 For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii,[a] and given to the poor.” And they reproached her. 6 But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you will, you can do good to them; but you will not always have me.
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- Mark 14:5 The denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer
Mark 14:5-7
New International Version
5 It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages[a] and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly.
6 “Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 The poor you will always have with you,[b] and you can help them any time you want.(A) But you will not always have me.
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