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John 12:5

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5“Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii2 and ngiven to the poor?”

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Footnotes

  1. 2A denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer

Cross references

  1. nch. 13:29

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

“That perfume was worth a year’s wages. It should have been sold and the money given to the poor.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”

KJV 1900King James Version

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?