John 12:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Not

Because

1 Corinthians 6:10

The bag

1 Thessalonians 5:22

General references

Exodus 20:15

Matthew 26:9

Bible References

Not

He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds;
There is no one who does good.

The righteous is concerned for the rights of the poor,
The wicked does not understand such concern.

They come to you as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires expressed by their mouth, and their heart goes after their gain.

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

For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in

fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty clothes,

Because

All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Aramean, by not receiving from his hands what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and take something from him.”

But to the wicked God says,
“What right have you to tell of My statutes
And to take My covenant in your mouth?

And He *said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a robbers’ den.”

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

The bag

For some were supposing, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, “Buy the things we have need of for the feast”; or else, that he should give something to the poor.

for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of the Lord.

Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers;

and not only this, but he has also been appointed by the churches to travel with us in this gracious work, which is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord Himself, and to show our readiness,

abstain from every form of evil.

General references

“You shall not steal.

For this perfume might have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.”