John 12:6
“This he said, not that he cared for the poore: but because hee was a thiefe, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.”
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John 12:6 Context
4Then saith one of his disciples, Iudas Iscariot, Simons sonne, which should betray him, 5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and giuen to the poore? 6This he said, not that he cared for the poore: but because hee was a thiefe, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. 7Then said Iesus, Let her alone, against the day of my burying hath she kept this. 8For the poore alwayes yee haue with you: but me ye haue not alwayes.
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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.
- King James Version
Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.
- New American Standard Version (1995)