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John 12:6
Howbeit he said this, not that, for the destitute, he cared, but because, a thief, he was, and holding, the bag, used to carry away, what was cast therein.
John 12:6 · Rotherham Emphasised 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, taking a pound of pure nard perfume, very precious, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped, with her hair, his feet; and, the house, was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
4 [But] Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, he that was about to deliver him up, saith—
5 Why was, this perfume, not sold for three hundred denaries, and given unto the destitute?
6 Howbeit he said this, not that, for the destitute, he cared, but because, a thief, he was, and holding, the bag, used to carry away, what was cast therein.
7 Jesus, therefore, said—Let her alone, that, for the day of my burial, she may observe it;
8 For, the destitute, always, have ye with you, whereas, me, not always, have ye.
9 The great multitude of the Jews, therefore, got to know that he was, there, and came, not on account of Jesus only, but that, Lazarus also, they might see, whom he had raised from among the dead.
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