John 13:29

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Some thought that, because Judas had the common purse, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the festival”; or, that he should give something to the poor.

Cross References

John 13:1

Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

John 13:28

Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him.

Galatians 2:10

They asked only one thing, that we remember the poor, which was actually what I was eager to do.

Ephesians 4:28

Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy.