5
"This perfume is worth a year's wages! Why wasn't it sold and the money given to the poor?"
6
Now he said this not out of concern for the poor, but because he was a thief -- he was in charge of the common purse and used to steal from it.
7
Yeshua said, "Leave her alone! She kept this for the day of my burial.
8
You always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me."
9
A large crowd of Judeans learned that he was there; and they came not only because of Yeshua, but also so that they could see El`azar, whom he had raised from the dead.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.