John 12:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

Nowe he said this, not that he cared for the poore, but because hee was a theefe, and had the bagge, and bare that which was giuen.

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  • John 13:29 : 29 For some of them thought because Iudas had the bag, that Iesus had sayd vnto him, Buy those things that we haue neede of against ye feast: or that he should giue some thing to the poore.
  • Jas 2:6 : 6 But ye haue despised the poore. Doe not the riche oppresse you by tyrannie, and doe not they drawe you before the iudgement seates?
  • 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners shall inherite the kingdome of God.
  • 2 Cor 8:19-21 : 19 (And not so onely, but is also chosen of the Churches to be a fellowe in our iourney, concerning this grace that is ministred by vs vnto the glorie of the same Lorde, and declaration of your prompt minde) 20 Auoiding this, that no man shoulde blame vs in this aboundance that is ministred by vs, 21 Prouiding for honest thinges, not onely before the Lord, but also before men.
  • Gal 2:10 : 10 Warning onely that we should remember the poore: which thing also I was diligent to doe.
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Absteine from all appearance of euill.
  • Jas 2:2 : 2 For if there come into your copany a man with a golde ring, and in goodly apparell, and there come in also a poore man in vile raiment,
  • 2 Kgs 5:20-27 : 20 And Gehazi the seruant of Elisha the man of God sayde, Beholde, my master hath spared this Aramite Naaman, receiuing not those things at his hand that he brought: as the Lord liueth, I will runne after him, and take somewhat of him. 21 So Gehazi followed speedily after Naaman; when Naaman sawe him running after him, he light downe from the charet to meete him, and said, Is all well? 22 And he answered, All is well: my master hath set me, saying, Behold, there be come to me, euen nowe from mount Ephraim two yong men of the children of the Prophets: giue them, I pray thee, a talent of siluer, & two change of garmets. 23 And Naaman saide, Yea, take two talents: and he compelled him, and bound two talents of siluer in two bagges, with two change of garments, and gaue them vnto two of his seruants, that they might beare them before him. 24 And when he came to the towre, he tooke them out of their handes, and laide them in the house, & sent away the men: & they departed. 25 Then he went in, and stoode before his master; Elisha said vnto him, Whence commest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy seruant went no whither. 26 But he saide vnto him, Went not mine heart with thee when the man turned againe fro his charet to meete thee? Is this a time to take money, and to receiue garments, and oliues, and vineyardes, and sheepe, and oxen, and men seruants, and maide seruants? 27 The leprosie therefore of Naaman shall cleaue vnto thee, and to thy seede for euer; he went out from his presence a leper white as snowe.
  • 2 Kgs 12:14-15 : 14 But they gaue it to the workemen, which repayred therewith the house of the Lord. 15 Moreouer, they reckoned not with the men, into whose handes they deliuered that money to be bestowed on workemen: for they dealt faithfully.
  • Ezra 8:24-34 : 24 Then I separated twelue of the chiefe of the Priests, Sherebiah, and Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 25 And weighed them the siluer and the gold, and the vessels, euen the offring of ye house of our God, which the King and his counselers, and his Princes, & all Israel that were present had offred. 26 And I weighed vnto their hand sixe hundreth and fiftie talents of siluer, and in siluer vessel, an hundreth talents, and in golde, an hundreth talents: 27 And twentie basins of golde, of a thousand drammes, and two vessels of shining brasse very good, and precious as golde. 28 And I said vnto them, Ye are consecrate vnto the Lord, and the vessels are consecrate, and the gold and the siluer are freely offred vnto the Lord God of your fathers. 29 Watch ye, and keepe them vntill ye weigh them before the chiefe Priestes and the Leuites, and the chiefe fathers of Israel in Ierusalem in the chambers of the house of the Lord. 30 So the Priests and the Leuites receiued the weight of the siluer and of the golde, and of the vessels to bring them to Ierusalem, vnto the house of our God. 31 Then we departed from the Riuer of Ahauah on the twelft day of the first moneth, to go vnto Ierusalem, & the hand of our God was vpon vs, and deliuered vs from the hand of the enemie, and of such as layde waite by the way. 32 And we came to Ierusalem, & abode there three dayes. 33 And on ye fourth day was the siluer weighed, and the golde and the vessell in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the sonne of Vriah the Priest, and with him was Eleazar the sonne of Phinehas, and with them was Iozabad the sonne of Ieshua, and Noadiah the sonne of Binnui the Leuites, 34 By number and by weight of euery one, and all the weight was written at the same time.
  • Ps 14:1 : 1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The foole hath said in his heart, There is no God: they haue corrupted, & done an abominable worke: there is none that doeth good.
  • Ps 50:16-20 : 16 But vnto the wicked said God, What hast thou to doe to declare mine ordinances, that thou shouldest take my couenant in thy mouth, 17 Seeing thou hatest to bee reformed, and hast cast my wordes behinde thee? 18 For when thou seest a thiefe, thou runnest with him, & thou art partaker with the adulterers. 19 Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit. 20 Thou sittest, and speakest against thy brother, and slanderest thy mothers sonne.
  • Prov 29:7 : 7 The righteous knoweth the cause of the poore: but the wicked regardeth not knowledge.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 For they come vnto thee, as the people vseth to come: and my people sit before thee, and heare thy wordes, but they will not doe them: for with their mouthes they make iestes, and their heart goeth after their couetousnesse.
  • Matt 21:13 : 13 And said to them, it is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer: but ye haue made it a denne of theeues.
  • John 10:8-9 : 8 All, that euer came before me, are theeues and robbers: but the sheepe did not heare them. 9 I am that doore: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saued, and shall go in, and go out, and finde pasture. 10 The theefe commeth not, but for to steale, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might haue life, and haue it in abundance.
  • John 10:13 : 13 So the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheepe.

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  • John 12:4-5
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    4Then said one of his disciples, euen Iudas Iscariot Simons sonne, which should betray him:

    5Why was not this oyntment sold for three hundreth pence, and giuen to the poore?

  • John 13:28-29
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    28But none of them that were at table, knew, for what cause he spake it vnto him.

    29For some of them thought because Iudas had the bag, that Iesus had sayd vnto him, Buy those things that we haue neede of against ye feast: or that he should giue some thing to the poore.

  • John 12:7-9
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    7Then said Iesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying she kept it.

    8For the poore alwayes yee haue with you, but me ye shall not haue alwayes.

    9Then much people of the Iewes knewe that hee was there: and they came, not for Iesus sake onely, but that they might see Lazarus also, whome he had raysed from the dead.

  • Mark 14:2-7
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    2But they sayde, Not in the feast day, least there be any tumult among the people.

    3And when hee was in Bethania in the house of Simon the leper, as he sate at table, there came a woman hauing a boxe of oyntment of spikenarde, very costly, and shee brake the boxe, and powred it on his head.

    4Therefore some disdained among themselues, and sayde, To what ende is this waste of oyntment?

    5For it might haue bene sold for more then three hundreth pence, and bene giuen vnto the poore, and they murmured against her.

    6But Iesus saide, Let her alone: why trouble yee her? Shee hath wrought a good worke on me.

    7For yee haue the poore with you alwaies, and when yee will yee may doe them good, but me yee shall not haue alwaies.

  • Matt 26:8-12
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    8And when his disciples sawe it, they had indignation, saying, What needed this waste?

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    10And Iesus knowing it, sayde vnto them, Why trouble yee the woman? For shee hath wrought a good woorke vpon me.

    11For yee haue the poore alwayes with you, but me shall yee not haue alwaies.

    12For in that shee powred this oyntment on my bodie, shee did it to burie me.

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    41And as Iesus sate ouer against the treasurie, he beheld how the people cast money into the treasurie, and many rich men cast in much.

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    43Then he called vnto him his disciples, and said vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, that this poore widowe hath cast more in, then all they which haue cast into the treasurie.

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    5Then Iesus lift vp his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude came vnto him, hee sayde vnto Philippe, Whence shall we buy breade, that these might eate?

    6(And this he sayde to prooue him: for hee himselfe knewe what he would doe.)

    7Philippe answered him, Two hundreth penie worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that euery one of them may take a litle.

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    1And as he behelde, he sawe the rich men, which cast their giftes into the treasurie.

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    15Wherefore he said vnto them, Take heede, and beware of couetousnesse: for though a man haue abundance, yet his life standeth not in his riches.

    16And he put foorth a parable vnto them, saying, The grounde of a certaine riche man brought foorth fruites plenteously.

    17Therefore he thought with himselfe, saying, What shall I doe, because I haue no roume, where I may lay vp my fruites?

    18And he said, This wil I do, I wil pul downe my barnes, and builde greater, and therein will I gather all my fruites, and my goods.

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    33Sell that ye haue, and giue almes: make you bagges, which waxe not old, a treasure that can neuer faile in heauen, where no theefe commeth, neither mothe corrupteth.

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    21And Iesus looked vpon him, & loued him, and sayde vnto him, One thing is lacking vnto thee. Go and sell all that thou hast, and giue to the poore, & thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come, followe me, and take vp the crosse.

    22But hee was sad at that saying, and went away sorowfull: for he had great possessions.

  • Mark 12:15
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    15Should we giue it, or should we not giue it? But he knew their hypocrisie, and said vnto them, Why tempt ye me? Bring me a peny, that I may see it.

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    22Nowe when Iesus heard that, he saide vnto him, Yet lackest thou one thing. Sell all that euer thou hast, and distribute vnto the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come followe mee.

    23But when he heard those things, he was very heauie: for he was marueilous riche.

    24And when Iesus sawe him very sorowfull, he said, With what difficultie shall they that haue riches, enter into the kingdome of God!

  • John 6:71
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