Mark 14:4-5

4 Some of those at the table were indignant. “Why waste such expensive perfume?” they asked.
5 “It could have been sold for a year’s wages and the money given to the poor!” So they scolded her harshly.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Greek for 300 denarii. A denarius was equivalent to a laborer’s full day’s wage.
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