John 12:6

But this he said, not because for the poor he had care, but because he was a thief, and the purse was with him, and whatever fell into it he carried.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 dinoreen, and given to the poor?

7But Jeshu said, Let her alone. For the day of my burial had she kept it.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:13and said to them, It is written, that my house shall the house of prayer be called, but ye have made it a den of thieves.

John 10:13But the hireling fleeth because he is an hireling, and careth not for the flock.

1 Corinthians 6:10nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor the rapacious, the kingdom of Aloha can inherit.

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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