4. Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), complained,
5. "This perfume was worth a year’s wages! Why wasn’t it sold and the money given to the poor?" (
6. He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He carried the money bag and would take what was in it.)
7. Then Jesus said, "Leave her alone. This perfume was to be used in preparation for my burial, and this is how she has used it.
8. You will always have the poor among you, but you won’t always have me."