John 12:6
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John 12:6 · BSB
5“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
6Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
7“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
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The Berean Standard Bible rendered in the vocabulary of the ancient world — firmament, Sheol, ascension offering — with the translators' notes shown inline. About this translation
5“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
- A denarius was customarily a day’s wage for a laborer; see Matthew 20:2.
6Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
7“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
King James Version +−
The 1611 translation, in its familiar form.
5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
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Bag
- Object
Satan
- People
Spikenard
- Person
Philip
- Concept
Arm
- People
Banquet
- Place
Bethsaida
- Concept
Bible
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Corn
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Funeral
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Glorify
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Grain
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Hosanna
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Mary, Sister Of Lazarus
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Meals
- Concept
Ointment
- Creature
Palm tree
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Pound
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Purse
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Simon
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Sion
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Supper
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Thunder
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