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John 12:6
“Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.”
Verse in context — John 12
4
Then Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,
5
Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?
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Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
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But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.
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For you always have the poor with you, but you don't always have me.
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