John 12:6

Good News Translation

He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. He carried the money bag and would help himself from it.

Cross References

Psalm 14:1

Fools say to themselves, “There is no God!” They are all corrupt, and they have done terrible things; there is no one who does what is right.

Proverbs 29:7

A good person knows the rights of the poor, but wicked people cannot understand such things.

Ezekiel 33:31

So my people crowd in to hear what you have to say, but they don't do what you tell them to do. Loving words are on their lips, but they continue their greedy ways.

Matthew 21:13

and said to them, “It is written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it a hideout for thieves!”

Luke 8:3

Joanna, whose husband Chuza was an officer in Herod's court; and Susanna, and many other women who used their own resources to help Jesus and his disciples.

John 10:13

The hired man runs away because he is only a hired man and does not care about the sheep.

John 12:5

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

John 13:29

Since Judas was in charge of the money bag, some of the disciples thought that Jesus had told him to go and buy what they needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor.

1 Corinthians 6:10

or who steal or are greedy or are drunkards or who slander others or are thieves—none of these will possess God's Kingdom.

Galatians 2:10

All they asked was that we should remember the needy in their group, which is the very thing I have been eager to do.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

and avoid every kind of evil.

James 2:2

Suppose a rich man wearing a gold ring and fine clothes comes to your meeting, and a poor man in ragged clothes also comes.

James 2:6

But you dishonor the poor! Who are the ones who oppress you and drag you before the judges? The rich!