John 12:6

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

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

5Wherefore was not this aromatic ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?

7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: for the day of my burial hath she reserved this.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:13and said unto them, It is written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer,” but ye have made it a den of robbers.

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

1 Corinthians 6:10nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall 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 →

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