NET Bible
"It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” So they spoke angrily to her."
— Mark 14:5, NET Bible
“For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.”
“For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her. ”
“For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor." They grumbled against her.”
“For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred pence and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.”
“We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.”
“For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.”
For they said,“Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.”
Jesus’ Anointing Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head.
But some who were present indignantly said to one another,“Why this waste of expensive ointment?
It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” So they spoke angrily to her.
But Jesus said,“Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.
For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!
She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.