John 12:6

Now he said this, not out of concern for the needy, but because he was a thief and, since he held the purse, he used to carry what was put into it.

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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

5“Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the needy?”

7But Jesus said: “Permit her, so that she may keep it against the day of my burial.

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Cross References

2 Kings 12:14For it was given to those who were doing the work, so that the temple of the Lord might be repaired.

Psalms 14:1A Psalm of David. O Lord, who will dwell in your tabernacle? Or who will rest on your holy mountain?

Proverbs 29:7The just knows the case of the poor. The impious is ignorant of knowledge.

Matthew 21:13And he said to them: “It is written: ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer. But you have made it into a den of robbers.’”

John 10:13And the hired hand flees, because he is a hired hand and there is no concern for the sheep within him.

1 Corinthians 6:10nor the effeminate, nor males who sleep with males, nor thieves, nor the avaricious, nor the inebriated, nor slanderers, nor the rapacious shall possess 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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