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“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”

John 12:5 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીયોહાન ૧૨:૫
‘એ અત્તર ત્રણસો દીનારે ઇઝરાયલનું નાણું વેચીને ગરીબોને શા માટે આપવામાં આવ્યા નહિ?’”
हिन्दीयूहन्ना १२:५
“यह इत्र तीन सौ दीनार में बेचकर गरीबों को क्यों न दिया गया?”

In context

3Therefore Mary took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

4Then Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,

5“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”

6Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.

7But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.

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