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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.

{G1161} This {G5124} he said {G2036}, not {G3756} that {G3754} he {G846} cared {G3199} for {G4012} the poor {G4434}; but {G235} because {G3754} he was {G2258} a thief {G2812}, and {G2532} had {G2192} the bag {G1101}, and {G2532} bare {G941} what was put therein {G906}.

Now he said this not out of concern for the poor, but because he was a thief — he was in charge of the common purse and used to steal from it.

Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 50:16 (5 votes)

    ¶ But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or [that] thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

  • Psalms 50:20 (5 votes)

    Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

  • John 13:29 (5 votes)

    For some [of them] thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy [those things] that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

  • James 2:6 (4 votes)

    But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

  • 2 Kings 5:20 (3 votes)

    ¶ But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, [as] the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

  • 2 Kings 5:27 (3 votes)

    The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper [as white] as snow.

  • James 2:2 (3 votes)

    For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;