John 12:3-8 ▼

3 Mary then took a pound of very costly 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, who was intending to betray Him, said,

5 |Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor [people]?|

6 Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.

7 Therefore Jesus said, |Let 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.|