NEW TESTAMENT

Mark 14:4

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But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, “Why has this ointment been wasted?

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Verse 4. It was chiefly Judas Iscariot that murmured here. Saint John only mentions him; perhaps some others had been excited to complain, by the traitor. This is certain, that if any concurred in murmuring with Judas, they afterwards repented, on hearing the answer given immediately by our Saviour. D. Dionys.

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