“Our Lord, because he saw that Judas was greedy for money, had placed him in charge of the money to satisfy him and to prevent him becoming a traitor for the sake of money. It would have been better for him, however, to have stolen the money rather than to have betrayed the Creator of money.… Should not the thief of mo…”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON TATIAN'S DIATESSARON 17.13
Original
6This 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.
Modern
Preparing…
Teens
Preparing…
Kids
Preparing…
In context
4Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,
5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
— John 12:6 —
7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
8For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.