6But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into it.


In Context

3 Mary therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of pure nard of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair, and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

4 One of his disciples therefore, Judas son of Simon, Iscariote, who was about to deliver him up, says,

5 Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?

6 But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into it.

7 Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to have kept this for the day of my preparation for burial;

8 for ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.

John 12:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:6This 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:6He 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 help himself to what was put into it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:6Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the purse, carried the things that were put therein.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:6Now 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:6Now 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bore what was put in it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6Now 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6and he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and what things were put in he was carrying.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bore what was put therein.