Catholic Public Domain Version
"Now he said this, not out of concern for the needy, but because he was a thief and, since he held the purse, he used to carry what was put into it. "
— John 12:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein. ”
“Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.”
“(Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)”
“Now he said this not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief and, having the purse, carried the things that were put therein.”
“(He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)”
“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.”
And then Mary took twelve ounces of pure spikenard ointment, very precious, and she anointed the feet of Jesus, and she wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was soon to betray him, said,
“Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the needy?”
Now he said this, not out of concern for the needy, but because he was a thief and, since he held the purse, he used to carry what was put into it.
But Jesus said: “Permit her, so that she may keep it against the day of my burial.
For the poor, you have with you always. But me, you do always not have.”
Now a great multitude of the Jews knew that he was in that place, and so they came, not so much because of Jesus, but so that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.