John 12:6
He wasn't saying this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was the one who looked after the disciples' money and he often took some for himself.
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In Context
5“Why wasn't this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth three hundred denarii.”
7“Don't criticize her,” Jesus replied. “She did this in preparation for the day of my burial.
Cross References
2 Kings 12:14It was used to pay the workers doing the repairs to the Lord's Temple.
Psalms 14:1Only fools tell themselves, “God doesn't exist.” They are completely immoral; they commit terrible sins; not a single one of them does anything good.
Proverbs 29:7Good people care about treating the poor fairly, but the wicked don't think about it at all.
Matthew 21:13He told them, “Scripture says, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you've turned it into a den of thieves.”
John 10:13for the man is only working for pay and doesn't care about the sheep.
1 Corinthians 6:10thieves, greedy, drunkards, abusers, or cheats, will not 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 →