John 12:6

Nowe he said this, not that he cared for the poore, but because hee was a theefe, and had the bagge, and bare that which was giuen.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 oyntment sold for three hundreth pence, and giuen to the poore?

7Then said Iesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying she kept it.

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Cross References

2 Kings 12:14But they gaue it to the workemen, which repayred therewith the house of the Lord.

Psalms 14:1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The foole hath said in his heart, There is no God: they haue corrupted, and done an abominable worke: there is none that doeth good.

Proverbs 29:7The righteous knoweth the cause of the poore: but the wicked regardeth not knowledge.

Matthew 21:13And said to them, it is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer: but ye haue made it a denne of theeues.

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

1 Corinthians 6:10Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners shall inherite the kingdome 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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