[a]Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

Now he said thus, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and (A)had the bag, and bore that which was given.

[b]Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying she kept it.

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:5 An horrible example in Judas of a mind blinded with covetousness, and yet pretending godliness.
  2. John 12:7 This Extraordinary anointing, which was for a sign, is so allowed of God, that he witnesseth how he will not be worshipped with outward pomp, or costly service, but with alms.

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