John 12:6

This sayde he not that he cared for the pooer: but because he was a thefe and kept the bagge and bare that which was geven.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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 oyntmet solde for thre hondred pence and geve to the poore?

7Then sayde Iesus: Let her alone agaynst the daye of my buryinge she kept it.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:13and sayde to them: It is wrytten my housse shalbe called the housse of prayer. But ye have made it a denne of theves.

John 10:13The heyred servaut flyeth because he is an heyred servaunt and careth not for the shepe.

1 Corinthians 6:10nether theves nether the coveteous nether dronkardes nether cursed speakers nether pillers shall inheret the kyngdome 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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