John 12:6

He said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the common purse he carried what was put into it.

1770 John Worsley NT

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 pence and given to the poor?

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

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Cross References

Matthew 21:13and said to them, It is written, "My house shall be called the house of prayer," but ye have made it a den of thieves.

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

1 Corinthians 6:10nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor rapacious persons, 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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