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
just because he is a hired man, who has no interest in the sheep.
Galatians 2:10
Only, we were to 'remember the poor.' I was quite eager to do that myself.
James 2:2
Suppose there comes into your meeting a man who wears gold rings and handsome clothes, and also a poor man in dirty clothes;
Because
John 10:8
all who ever came before me have been thieves and robbers ??but the sheep would not listen to them.
Matthew 21:13
and told them, "It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you make it a den of robbers."
1 Corinthians 6:10
nor thieves nor the lustful nor the drunken nor the abusive nor robbers will inherit the Realm of God.
The bag
John 13:29
some of them thought that as Judas kept the money-box, Jesus told him to buy what they needed for the festival or to give something to the poor.)
2 Corinthians 8:19
besides, he has been appointed by the churches to travel with me on the business of administering this fund to the glory of the Lord. His appointment has my full consent,
1 Thessalonians 5:22
and abstaining from whatever kind is evil.
General references
Matthew 26:9
"the perfume might have been sold for a good sum, and the poor might have got that."