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Jhn 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

not		Jhn 10:13; Psa 14:1; Pro 29:7; Eze 33:31; Gal 2:10; Jam 2:2,6
because		Jhn 10:8-10; 2Ki 5:20-27; Psa 50:16-20; Mat 21:13; 1Cr 6:10
the bag		Jhn 13:29; 2Ki 12:14,15; Ezr 8:24-34; 2Cr 8:19-21; 1Th 5:22

Correlating Passages

not

	Jhn 10:13	The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
	Psa 14:1	[[To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David.]] The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.
	Pro 29:7	The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regardeth not to know [it].
	Eze 33:31	And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their covetousness.
	Gal 2:10	Only [they would] that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
	Jam 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;
	Jam 2:6	But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

because

	Jhn 10:8	All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
	Jhn 10:9	I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
	Jhn 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.
	2Ki 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 him, and take somewhat of him.
	2Ki 5:21	So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw [him] running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, [Is] all well?
	2Ki 5:22	And he said, All [is] well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
	2Ki 5:23	And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid [them] upon two of his servants; and they bare [them] before him.
	2Ki 5:24	And when he came to the tower, he took [them] from their hand, and bestowed [them] in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
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	Psa 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?
	Psa 50:17	Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
	Psa 50:18	When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
	Psa 50:19	Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
	Psa 50:20	Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
	Mat 21:13	And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
	1Cr 6:10	Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

the bag

	Jhn 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.
	2Ki 12:14	But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
	2Ki 12:15	Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
	Ezr 8:24	Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
	Ezr 8:25	And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, [even] the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel [there] present, had offered:
	Ezr 8:26	I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, [and] of gold an hundred talents;
	Ezr 8:27	Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
	Ezr 8:28	And I said unto them, Ye [are] holy unto the LORD; the vessels [are] holy also; and the silver and the gold [are] a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.
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	2Cr 8:19	And not [that] only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and [declaration of] your ready mind:
	2Cr 8:20	Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:
	2Cr 8:21	Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
	1Th 5:22	Abstain from all appearance of evil.

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Scott, Thomas. "John 12:6," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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