John 12:6
And he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and what things were put in he was carrying.
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In Context
5“Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?”
7Jesus, therefore, said, “Permit her; she has kept it for the day of My embalming,
Cross References
2 Kings 12:14for they give it to those doing the work, and they have strengthened the house of YHWH with it,
Psalms 14:1TO THE OVERSEER. BY DAVID. A fool has said in his heart, “There is no God”; They have done corruptly, || They have done abominable actions, || There is not a doer of good.
Proverbs 29:7The righteous knows the plea of the poor, || The wicked does not understand knowledge.
Matthew 21:13and He says to them, “It has been written: My house will be called a house of prayer; but you made it a den of robbers.”
John 10:13and the hired worker flees because he is a hired worker, and is not caring for the sheep.
1 Corinthians 6:10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, will 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 →