John 12:6
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.
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- Psalm 50:16–18 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
- John 13:29 For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
- James 2:6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?