“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.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. John 12 contains 50 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.