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3 but Mary taking a pound of the oil of spikenard which was very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped them with her hair: so that the house was filled with the odour of the perfume. 4 whereupon one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who was to betray him, 5 said, why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, to be given to the poor? 6 this he said, not out of any concern for the poor; but because being purse-bearer he used to pilfer what was in bank. 7 then said Jesus, let her alone: against the day of my burial hath she kept this. 8 the poor you will always have with you; but me you will not always have. John 12:3-8, Mace New Testament. Public domain.
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