John 12:6 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

⁶ (He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he was the keeper of the moneybag and would pilfer what was put into it.)

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ This 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Now he did not say this because he cared for the poor but because he was a thief; and having the bag (the money box, the purse of the Twelve), he took for himself what was put into it [pilfering the collections].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Now 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.

Common English Bible

⁶ He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He carried the money bag and would take what was in it.)

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Now he said this, not out of concern for the needy, but because he was a thief and, since he held the purse, he used to carry what was put into it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Now 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.

John 12:6 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 21:13

And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”

Luke 8:3

Joanna the wife of Chuza (Herod's steward), Susanna, and many others. These women provided for Jesus and his disciples out of their own resources.

John 10:13

The hired hand flees, for he is a hired hand and does not care about the sheep.

John 12:5

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

John 13:29

Some were thinking, since Judas had the moneybag, that Jesus was saying to him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.)

1 Corinthians 6:10

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

Galatians 2:10

They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Avoid every form of evil.

James 2:2

Suppose a man in fine clothing comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in.

James 2:6

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