John 12:6

He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, being in charge of the purse, used to take what was put in it.

Twentieth Century 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 thirty pounds, and the money given to poor people?”

7“Let her alone,” said Jesus, “that she may keep it till the day when my body is being prepared for burial.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:13and said to them: “Scripture says ‘My House shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

John 10:13He does this because he is only a hired man and does not care about the sheep.

1 Corinthians 6:10or a thief, or covetous, or a drunkard, or abusive, or grasping, will have any share in God’s Kingdom.

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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