John 12:6

This he said not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, carrying the purse,

Montgomery 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

5"Why was not this perfume sold for fifty dollars, and the proceeds given to the poor?"

7used to purloin what was put in it. Then said Jesus. "Let her alone. Against the day of my burial has she kept this;

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Cross References

Matthew 21:13"It is written," he said, "My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of thieves."

John 10:13"He is only a hired servant, and the sheep are no care to him.

1 Corinthians 6:10or thieves, or avaricious men, or drunkards, or foul-mouthed men, or 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 →

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