John 13:29
For some thought, since Judas had the purse, that Jesus said to him, Buy what things we have need of for the feast, or that he should give something to the poor.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
28But no man who was sitting knew why he said this to him.
30Therefore having received the morsel, straightaway that man went out, and it was night.
Cross References
John 12:5Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?
Acts 20:34Ye yourselves know that these hands served my needs, and to those who were with me.
Ephesians 4:28Let the man who steals steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the good, so that he may have to give to him who has need.
Matthew Henry on John 13:19-31
The Treachery of Judas Foretold; The Anxiety of the Disciples. 18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he. 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and… Read the whole commentary →