John 12:6

Now he said this not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief and, having the purse, carried the things that were put therein.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

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 pence and given to the poor?

7Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, 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 them that did the work, that the temple of the Lord might be repaired.

Psalms 14:1A psalm for David. Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? or who shall rest in thy holy hill?

Proverbs 29:7The just taketh notice of the cause of the poor: the wicked is void of knowledge.

Matthew 21:13And he saith to them: It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.

John 10:13And the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no care for the sheep.

1 Corinthians 6:10Nor the effeminate nor liers with mankind nor thieves nor covetous nor drunkards nor railers nor extortioners 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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