John 12:6

This he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bore[12:6] what was put therein.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries[12:5], and given to the poor?

7Then said Jesus: Let her alone; she has kept it[12:7] to the day of my preparation for burial.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:13And he says to them: It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer; But ye make it a den of robbers.

John 10:13The hireling flees, because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep.

1 Corinthians 6:10nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall 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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