John 12:5 WEB

³  Mary, therefore, took a pound{a Roman pound of 12 ounces, or about 340 grams} of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

⁴  Then Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,

⁵  'Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii,{300 denarii was about a year's wages for an agricultural laborer.} and given to the poor?'

⁶  Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.

⁷  But Jesus said, 'Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.