John 12:6

Contemporary English Version 1995

Judas did not really care about the poor. He asked this because he carried the moneybag and sometimes would steal from it.

Cross References

John 13:29

But because Judas was in charge of the money, some of them thought that Jesus had told him to buy something they needed for the festival. Others thought that Jesus had told him to give some money to the poor.

James 2:6

You mistreat the poor. But isn't it the rich who boss you around and drag you off to court?

James 2:2

Suppose a rich person wearing fancy clothes and a gold ring comes to one of your meetings. And suppose a poor person dressed in worn-out clothes also comes.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

and don't have anything to do with evil.

Galatians 2:10

They only asked us to remember the poor, and this was something I had always been eager to do.

1 Corinthians 6:10

will share in God's kingdom. Neither will any thief or greedy person or drunkard or anyone who curses and cheats others.

John 10:13

Hired workers run away because they don't care about the sheep.

Matthew 21:13

He told them, “The Scriptures say, ‘My house should be called a place of worship.’ But you have turned it into a place where robbers hide.”

Ezekiel 33:31

So they all come and listen to you, but they refuse to do what you tell them. They claim to be faithful, but they are forever trying to cheat others out of their money.

Proverbs 29:7

The wicked don't care about the rights of the poor, but good people do.

Psalm 14:1

Only a fool would say, “There is no God!” People like that are worthless; they are heartless and cruel and never do right.

Luke 8:3

Joanna, Susanna, and many others had also used what they owned to help Jesus and his disciples. Joanna's husband Chuza was one of Herod's officials.

John 12:5

“Why wasn't this perfume sold for 300 silver coins and the money given to the poor?”