Then said one of his disciples, even Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him:

[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.

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  1. John 12:5 An horrible example in Judas of a mind blinded with covetousness, and yet pretending godliness.

But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him,(A) objected, “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.[a] He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag,(B) he used to help himself to what was put into it.

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  1. John 12:5 Greek three hundred denarii