John 12:6

And this he said, not be cause he cared for the poor, but because he was thief, and held the purse, and carried what was put in it.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 denarii, and given to the poor?

7But Jesus said: Let her alone; she hath kept it for the day of my burial.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:13And he said to them: It is written, my house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of robbers.

John 10:13And a hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and hath no concern for the flock.

1 Corinthians 6:10nor the avaricious, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor railers, 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 →

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