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
Now the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Galatians 2:10
only desiring that we would remember the poor??he very thing which I have also been diligent to perform.
James 2:2
For if there come into your congregation a man with a gold ring, and in splendid apparel, and there come in also a poor man in a sordid garb;
Because
John 10:8
All, as many as have gone before me, are thieves and robbers: but the sheep hearkened not to them.
Matthew 21:13
and said unto them, It is written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer," but ye have made it a den of robbers.
1 Corinthians 6:10
nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
The bag
John 13:29
For some supposed, as Judas kept the purse, that Jesus was saying to him, Buy what we need for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
2 Corinthians 8:19
and not only so, but who was chosen by the churches as my fellow-traveller with this charity, ministered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and [to shew] your ready mind.
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
General references
Matthew 26:9
For this ointment might have been sold for a considerable sum, and given to the poor.