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.
Because
General references
Bible References
Not
John 10:13
This is because he is a hired man and does not care a straw for the sheep.
Galatians 2:10
Only they wanted us to remember the poor; the very thing that I was eager to do.
James 2:2
For if a man with a gold ring, dressed in fine clothes, comes to your meeting, and at the same time a poor man clad in dirty clothes,
Because
John 10:8
All who came as such before me are thieves and robbers, but the true sheep would not listen to them.
Matthew 21:13
and said to them, "The Scripture says, 'My house must be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave for robbers."
1 Corinthians 6:10
or thieves or greedy graspers for more or drunkards or slanderers or swindlers will not have a share in the kingdom of God.
The bag
John 13:29
for some of them were thinking, as Judas had the purse, that Jesus meant to say to him, "Buy what we need for the feast," or to give something to the poor.
2 Corinthians 8:19
Not only that, but he has been selected by the churches to travel with me for this gracious contribution which is being raised by me, so that it may turn out for the glory of the Lord and a proof of my readiness to serve.
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Continue to abstain from every sort of evil.
General references
Matthew 26:9
Surely it could have been sold for a large sum and the money given to the poor."