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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.

KJV

εἶπεν δὲ τοῦτο οὐχ ὅτι περὶ τῶν πτωχῶν ἔμελεν αὐτῷ ἀλλ’ ὅτι κλέπτης ἦν καὶ τὸ γλωσσόκομον ἔχων τὰ βαλλόμενα ἐβάσταζεν.

Greek NT

Dixit autem hoc, non quia de egenis pertinebat ad eum, sed quia fur erat, et loculos habens, ea quæ mittebantur, portabat.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

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.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βάλλω
ballo
verb · 125×
βαστάζω
bastazo
verb · 27×
γλωσσόκομον
glossokomon
noun · 2×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κλέπτης
kleptes
noun · 16×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μέλω
melo
verb · 10×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
πτωχός
ptochos
adjective · 34×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἔχων | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔχων | RP: εἶχεν καὶ
  • ἔχωνSBLGNT
  • ἔχωνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εἶχεν καὶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand. And when even had come His disciples came to Him, Matthew 14:15 that is, at the consummation of the age in regard to which we may fitly say what is found in the Epistle of John, It is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 They, not yet understanding what the Word was about to do, say to Him, The place is desert, Matthew 14:15 seeing the…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 6:10 — Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
  • 1Cor 6:10 — Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
  • 2Kgs 5:20 — But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after
  • Eph 4:28 — Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
  • Exod 20:15 — Thou shalt not steal.
  • Gal 2:10 — Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
  • Jas 2:2 — For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
  • Jas 2:6 — But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
  • John 10:10 — The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
  • John 10:13 — The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
  • 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.
  • Judg 17:10 — And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
  • Luke 11:39 — And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
  • Luke 12:33 — Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
  • Luke 22:3 — Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
  • Phil 2:20 — For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
  • Ps 50:16 — 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?
  • Rom 12:9 — Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.