He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and (A)having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it. Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it[a] for the day of my burial. For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:7 Or Leave her alone; she intended to keep it

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