John 12:6

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

This he said, not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box he used to take what was put into it.

Cross References

John 13:29

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

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you, is it not they who drag you into court?

James 2:2

For if a man with gold rings and in fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in,

1 Thessalonians 5:22

abstain from every form of evil.

Galatians 2:10

only they would have us remember the poor, which very thing I was eager to do.

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God.

John 10:13

He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.

Matthew 21:13

He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you make it a den of robbers.”

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with their lips they show much love, but their heart is set on their gain.

Proverbs 29:7

A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.

Psalm 14:1

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none that does good.

Luke 8:3

and Jo-anna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.

John 12:5

“Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”