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John 12:5

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5Why was not this ointment sold mfor three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

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Footnotes

  1. mComp. Mark 14:5.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

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?”