“Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?”

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.

Philip replied, “Two hundred silver coins worth of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little.”

But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said, “Should we go and buy bread for two hundred silver coins and give it to them to eat?”