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But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, who was going to betray him, asked, “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for 300 denarii[a] and the money[b] given to the destitute?” He said this, not because he cared about the destitute, but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the moneybag and would steal what was put into it.

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:5 Three hundred denarii was about a year’s wages for a laborer.
  2. John 12:5 The Gk. lacks the money