Mark 14:5-8

5 It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages^[a] and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly.

6 “Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

7 The poor you will always have with you,^[b] and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me.

8 She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 15:11
• 2. John 19:40

Footnotes

• [a]. Greek "than three hundred denarii"
• [b]. See Deut. 15:11.