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John 12:6
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.
John 12:6 · New Heart English Bible
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. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
4 Then Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,
5 "Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?"
6 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.
7 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone, that she may keep this for the day of my burial.
8 For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me."
9 A large crowd therefore of the Judeans 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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