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John 12:2

& So they made Him a supper there, and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining {at the table} with Him.

John 12:3

& 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.

John 12:4

& But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to betray Him, *said,

John 12:5

& "Why was this perfume not sold for (Equivalent to 11 months' wages) three hundred denarii and given to poor {people?}"

John 12:6

& 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.

John 12:7

& Therefore Jesus said, "Let her alone, so that she may keep (I.e. the custom of preparing the body for burial) it for the day of My burial.

John 12:8

& ~"For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."