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.


In Context

3 Then Mary took a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.

4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who was to betray him,

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

6 This 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.

7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burial hath she kept this.

8 For the poor ye have 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 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 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.