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.


In Context

3 Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

4 But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected,

5 "Why wasn't this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year's wages. "

6 He 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.

7 "Leave her alone," Jesus replied. "It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.

8 You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me."

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6But 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.

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.