'Money bag' in the Bible

He instructed them to take nothing along on the trip except a walking stick no bread, no traveling bag, nothing in their moneybag.

He said this, not because he cared about the destitute, but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the moneybag and would steal what was put into it.

Some thought that, since Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him to buy what they needed for the festival or to give something to the destitute.