John 12:6

Now he said this, not because it was a concern to him about the poor, but because he was a thief, and he had the purse and removed things that were put in.

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In The King James Version

This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

In Context

5Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?

7Jesus therefore said, Let her alone. She has keep it for the day of my burial.

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Cross References

2 Kings 12:14for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it repaired the house of LORD.

Psalms 14:1The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that does good.

Proverbs 29:7A righteous man takes knowledge of the cause of the poor. A wicked man has no [such] understanding to know.

Matthew 21:13And he says to them, It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer, but ye made it a den of robbers.

John 10:13But the hireling flees because he is a hireling, and it is no care to him about the sheep.

1 Corinthians 6:10nor greedy men, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor the slanderous, nor the predatory will inherit the kingdom of God.

Matthew Henry on John 12:2-12

Mary Anoints Christ's Feet; Hypocrisy of Judas; Indignation of the Chief Priests. 1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 4 Then… Read the whole commentary →

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