John 12:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • John 13:29 : 29 For some thought, because Judas had the money bag, that Jesus had said to him, Buy those things we need for the feast, or that he should give something to the poor.
  • Jas 2:6 : 6 But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and haul you into the courts?
  • 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
  • 2 Cor 8:19-21 : 19 And not only that, but who was also chosen by the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show your eager willingness. 20 Avoiding this, that anyone should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us; 21 Providing honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
  • Gal 2:10 : 10 They only desired that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Abstain from every form of evil.
  • Jas 2:2 : 2 For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your assembly, and there also comes in a poor man in filthy clothes,
  • 2 Kgs 5:20-27 : 20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, by not receiving from his hands what he brought: but, as the LORD lives, I will run after him, and take something from him. 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? 22 And he said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Behold, now there have come to me from Mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: please give them a talent of silver, and two changes of clothing. 23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants; and they carried them before him. 24 And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and stored them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. 25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where have you been, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere. 26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive clothing, olive groves, and vineyards, sheep, oxen, male servants, and female servants? 27 Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you, and to your descendants forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
  • 2 Kgs 12:14-15 : 14 for they gave it to the workmen and repaired the house of the LORD with it. 15 Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay the workmen because they dealt faithfully.
  • Ezra 8:24-34 : 24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 25 And weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God, which the king, his counselors, his lords, and all Israel present had offered: 26 I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels worth one hundred talents, and of gold one hundred talents; 27 Also twenty basins of gold, worth a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine copper, as precious as gold. 28 And I said to them, You are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the LORD God of your fathers. 29 Guard and keep them, until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD. 30 So the priests and the Levites took charge of the silver, the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God. 31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and from those who ambushed us along the way. 32 And we came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days. 33 Now on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites; 34 All was counted and weighed, and all the weight was recorded at that time.
  • Ps 14:1 : 1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have done abominable deeds, there is none who does good.
  • Ps 50:16-20 : 16 But to the wicked God says, What right do you have to declare My statutes, or to take My covenant in your mouth? 17 Seeing you hate instruction, and cast My words behind you. 18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers. 19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit. 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
  • Prov 29:7 : 7 The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness.
  • Matt 21:13 : 13 And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.
  • John 10:8-9 : 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the door; if anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will go in and out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly.
  • John 10:13 : 13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and does not care for the sheep.

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