“Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?”
It was worth a year's wages — John specifies the perfume's value: approximately 300 denarii (a denarius was a day's wage for a laborer), equivalent to a year's income for a typical worker. This clarification emphasizes the extravagance of Mary's gift and the magnitude of Judas's objection.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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