John 12:3-8 ▼

3 Mary then took a pound of very expensive perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

4 But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, the one who intended to betray Him, said,

5 “Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the proceeds given to poor people?”

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

7 Therefore Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial.

8 For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”