“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.”
John 12:6 (KJV) |
John 12:6
From John 12, in the Book of John (New Testament).
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Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,
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Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
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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.
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Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
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For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.