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But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, the one who was going to betray Him, said, “Why was this perfume not sold for [a]three hundred denarii and [the money] given to the poor?” Now he said this, not because he cared about the poor [for he had never cared about them], but because he was a thief; and since he had the money box [serving as treasurer for the twelve disciples], he used to pilfer what was put into it.

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:5 I.e. about a year’s wages for an ordinary workman.

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