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John 12:6
Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.
John 12:6 · American Standard Version
John 12:6 in other translations
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.
Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
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In context
3 Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.
4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, that should betray him, saith,
5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the poor?
6 Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.
7 Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.
8 For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.
9 The common people therefore of the Jews learned that he was there: and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
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